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The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine is the definitive text in the field of palliative medicine. The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on this rapidly developing speciality.

The multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care is emphasized throughout the book. As palliative care has become an established specialty, there is the need for the evidence-base to match other areas of clinical medicine. Ethical and communication issues are explored and the treatment of symptoms is comprehensively covered, with particular focus on the management of pain. The book also includes specific chapters devoted to the role of palliative care in non-malignant diseases and conditions, whilst education and training are highlighted as critical to future best practice.

The fifth edition, available both in print and online, is edited by established leaders in the field. The text provides over 100 chapters written by over 200 international authors, making this a truly comprehensive and global text which no hospital, hospice, palliative care service, or medical library should be without.

Nathan Cherny, Norman Levan Chair of Humanistic Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (BGU); and Director, Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service, Department of Medical Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel,Marie Fallon, St Columba's Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (CRUK), Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK,Stein Kaasa, Palliative Medicine Unit, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway,Russell K. Portenoy, Chief Medical Officer and Director, MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care, New York, USA and Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA,David C. Currow, Professor, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University, Australia

Nathan Cherny is Norman Levan Chair of Humanistic Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at Ben Gurion University, Israel. Nathan is also Director of the Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service at the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel.

Marie Fallon is the St Columba's Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and is an Honorary Consultant in Palliative Care at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Stein Kaasa is Professor of Palliative Medicine at the Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU), Norway.

Russell K. Portenoy is Chief Medical Officer and Director of the MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care, New York, and Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.

David C. Currow is Professor of Palliative and Supportive Service at the Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University, Australia.

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Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

0199656096

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