Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

Abstract

The new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine been rigorously updated to offer a truly global perspective, highlighting the best current evidence-based practices and collective wisdom from more than 200 experts around the world. The book covers all the new and emerging topics, updated and restructured to reflect major developments in the increasingly widespread acceptance of palliative medicine as a fundamental public health need. The sixth edition includes new sections devoted to family and caregiver issues, cardiorespiratory symptoms and disorders, and genitourinary symptoms and disorders. The multidisciplinary nature of palliative care is emphasized throughout, covering areas from ethical and communication issues, the treatment of symptoms, to the management of pain.