Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care by Max Watson (English) Paperback Book

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The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care is a concise, comprehensive guide to palliative care, covering all aspects from symptom relief to emotional and spiritual support for the patient and their family. Written to enable quick access to key information, this is the invaluable companion for those in the palliative care field.

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The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care returns for a third edition, maintaining the concise yet comprehensive format suited to the busy practitioner for quick access to key information, and fully updated to reflect changes in the palliative care landscape. Featuring an increased emphasis on non-malignant diseases such as dementia, this authoritative text combines evidence-based care with the bedside experience of experiencedpalliative care professionals to give the reader a complete overview of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of care for the end-of-life patient. Symptom management is covered in detail, with updatedformulary tables and syringe driver protocols, and a new chapter on international perspectives to broaden the reader's perception of methods for delivering end-of-life care. The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care is the essential companion for all of those working with adults, children, and families with palliative care needs, in both hospital and community settings.

Author Biography

Max Watson is Director of Project ECHO at Hospice UK in London, former Medical Director of Northern Ireland Hospice, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queens University Belfast. Max is an author and editor with OUP including the End of Life Care series. His research interests include generalist palliative care education, cancer cachexia, dementia care at the end of life, and the use of bedside ultrasound.Trained in theology and medicine, Max worked in Nepal as a GP before palliative training in London and Belfast. He has developed a range of teaching programmes for generalists, including the European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care, used in the UK, India, Malta, Nepal and Kyrgystan.Since 2014 he has been pioneering Project ECHO methodology as a means of democratising medical knowledge, tele-mentoring and building communities of practice.Clinically, Max currently provides a Palliative Medicine Liaison service to acute hospitals in the Western Trust in Northern Ireland. Rachel Campbell is a speciality trainee in palliative medicine at the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA), and was formerly was an ADEPT Fellow on the Clinical Leadership Fellow's Program.Nandini Vallath is a clinical consultant and director of projects at the Trivandum Institute of Palliative Sciences in India. She was awarded the 2015 Cancer Aid Society Palliative Care Award for Excellence and Leadership in the SAARC region. Nandini collaborates with NGOs and government officials to develop policies to improve palliative care, and has helped develop modules for palliative care at undergratudate and professional levels. Stephen Ward is a Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist in theBelfast Health and Social Care Trust. In addition to providing a clinical pharmacy service in the Royal Victoria Hospital, he has also developed a medication safety programme for final year medicalstudents. Stephen studied pharmacy in Queen's University Belfast before working as a hospital pharmacist in Uganda. Following this, he worked as a clinical pharmacist in the Belfast Trust and Northern Ireland Hospice. His research interests include medical education, palliative care and respiratory medicine. Jo Wells is a Nurse Consultant at the Southern Adelaide Palliative Service in Australia, and was formerly a Support Services Co-ordinator at The Leukaemia Foundation, South Australia.

Table of Contents

1: Ethical issues and the person in the patient2: Communication in palliative care3: Research in palliative care4: Quality of life5: Principles of drug use in palliative care6: Oncology and palliative care7: Palliative care and haematology8: Pain management9: Gastrointestinal symptoms10: Respiratory symptoms11: Genitourinary symptoms12: Skin problems in palliative care13: Neurological problems in advanced cancer14: Palliation of head and neck cancer15: Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer16: Paediatrics17: Heart failure18: Renal failure19: HIV and palliative care20: Dementia and frailty21: Palliative care in non-malignant neurological disease22: Psychiatric symptoms in palliative care23: Spiritual care24: The contribution to palliative care of allied health professions25: Complementary and alternative medicine26: Population based end of life care27: Hospital liaison28: Palliative and end of life care for people with learning disabilities29: Emergencies30: Terminal phase31: Bereavement32: Self care for health professionals33: Access to palliative care - international perspectives34: Miscellaneous

Review

A good, affordable, pocket-sized, reference providing a reasonable coverage of palliative care. * Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Newsletter *this is a superb update to an already excellent book and especially for primary care, this is a great support for helping to manage a particular patient ... This book is full of gems and offers excellent clinical support for a health care professional involved in providing direct patient palliative care. * Dr Harry Brown,MBChB, Glycosmedia *Review from previous edition This is more than just a reference book: it is full of information on both the theoretical background of palliative care and the practical aspects of prescribing, symptom control and other aspects of managing this sometimes complex group of patients...It also includes useful chapters on palliation of non-malignant disease, an area that is often overlooked. * BMA Medical Book Competition 2010 *...a remarkable book that will be useful for hospice and pallative care professionals as well as other readers. * Doody's Notes *With a broadened remit to be accessible to non-medical readers this book is a resource for allied healthcare professionals as well as those from non-palliative care backgrounds. It provides a thorough grounding in the principles of holistic palliative care and a comprehensive summary of the pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to symptom management. The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care 2nd edition provides an easy, accessible and applicable reference guide for healthcare professionals. It provides a thorough grounding in the principles of holistic palliative care. * uropean Journal of Palliative Care Medicine *

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The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care returns for a third edition, maintaining the concise yet comprehensive format suited to the busy practitioner for quick access to key information, and fully updated to reflect changes in the palliative care landscape. Featuring an increased emphasis on non-malignant diseases such as dementia, this authoritative text combines evidence-based care with the bedside experience of experienced palliative care professionals to give the reader a complete overview of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of care for the end-of-life patient. Symptom management is covered in detail, with updated formulary tables and syringe driver protocols, and a new chapter on international perspectives to broaden thereader's perception of methods for delivering end-of-life care. The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care is the essential companion for all of those working with adults, children, and families with palliative care needs, in both hospital and community settings. The following correction has been made online and will be included in the first reprint. Readers can get in touch with us directly using the contact details on the back of the book or at our online form via the address below with questions or comments: Chapter 5. Page 109 The dose for Hyoscine butylbromide sc has been amended in line with NICE guidance html): '20-120 mg 4 hourly' has been corrected to '20-80mg 4 hourly'.

Review Quote

"this is a superb update to an already excellent book and especially for primary care, this is a great support for helping to manage a particular patient ... This book is full of gems and offers excellent clinical support for a health care professional involved in providing direct patient palliative care." -- Dr Harry Brown,MBChB, Glycosmedia

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Winner of the Hospital Medicine BMA Book Award 2021

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A concise, practical guide to the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of palliative carePractical issues are explained by active practitioners to combine evidence-based care and bedside experienceIncludes the latest guidelines and management options for delivering end-of-life care

Details ISBN0198745656 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Medical Handbooks Year 2019 ISBN-10 0198745656 ISBN-13 9780198745655 Pages 976 Edition 3rd Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Rachel Campbell Affiliation ADEPT Clinical Leadership Fellow and Speciality Trainee in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, Northern Ireland, UK Position ADEPT Clinical Leadership Fellow and Speciality Trainee in Palliative Medicine DEWEY 616.029 Format Paperback Language English Author Rachel Campbell Publication Date 2019-09-12 UK Release Date 2019-09-12 NZ Release Date 2019-09-12 Edition Description 3rd Revised edition Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2019-07-11 We've got this

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