Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman As the population
in western cultures ages, more people suffer chronic, ultimately life-limiting diseases and …

This helpful book offers a simple and commonsense introduction to the care of patients in
the generalist setting for whom a palliative approach is deemed appropriate. Many of these …

A clinical case-based handbook has a role in general clinicians' practice of caring for
patients with serious or life-limiting illness. The explosion of the field of Hospice and …

In the middle of last century, Brit-ish psychiatrist John Hinton documented the medical
deficiencies in end-of-life care:“We emerge deserving of little credit, we who are capable of …

Palliative care is recognised by individualised, holistic models of care, delivered carefully,
sensitively, ethically, and therapeutically by using skilled communication with attention to …

The first book of its kind, this must-have resource examines the integration of palliative
interventions from a disease-specific approach, providing practical guidance on caring for …

This book encourages health professionals to reconceptualise their practice in the light of
the fact that their patients are deteriorating and dying, supporting them in their dichotomous …

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of
the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics …

Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty focused on improving quality of life for people
with serious illness and their families. This interdisciplinary care is provided by doctors …

Palliative care focuses on relieving suffering and achieving the best possible quality of life
for patients and their family caregivers. It involves the assessment and treatment of …