Palliative medicine

The Art and Science of Compassion, A Primer offers a succinct, all-in-one introduction to the full gamut of compassion, from the evolutional, biological, behavioural, and psychological, to the social, philosophical, and spiritual.

The Art and Science of Compassion, A Primer offers a succinct, all-in-one introduction to the full gamut of compassion, from the evolutional, biological, behavioural, and psychological, to the social, philosophical, and spiritual.

Palliative Care Perspectives is a guide to the art and science of palliative care that links real stories of illness with practical advice to delineate clinical practice in a way that reflects the daily concerns of clinicians.

Palliative Care Perspectives is a guide to the art and science of palliative care that links real stories of illness with practical advice to delineate clinical practice in a way that reflects the daily concerns of clinicians.

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work.

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work.

What's in the Syringe?

This new edition of the Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain has been fully updated and expanded, with five new chapters on novel interventional techniques in cancer pain amelioration.

This new edition of the Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain has been fully updated and expanded, with five new chapters on novel interventional techniques in cancer pain amelioration.

This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine takes us now into the third decade for this definitive award-winning textbook.

This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine takes us now into the third decade for this definitive award-winning textbook.

The importance of palliative care for children facing life threatening illness and their families is now widely acknowledged as an essential part of care, which should be available to all children and families, throughout the child's illness and at the end of life.

The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme returns in a new edition to keep junior doctors, as well as their supervisors and senior medical students, up-to-date and give them the information and confidence they need to excel during and beyond the Foundation Programme.

The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme returns in a new edition to keep junior doctors, as well as their supervisors and senior medical students, up-to-date and give them the information and confidence they need to excel during and beyond the Foundation Programme.

Oxford Case Histories in Lung Cancer contains a comprehensive selection of 40 clinical cases that reflects the multidisciplinary approach to the management of lung cancer.

Oxford Case Histories in Lung Cancer contains a comprehensive selection of 40 clinical cases that reflects the multidisciplinary approach to the management of lung cancer.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

Now in its tenth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine has been fully revised, with five new authors on the writing team bringing content fresh from the bedside.

Heart failure is an important and ever expanding sub-speciality of cardiology.

Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987.

Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987.

Participatory research is a relatively new method of researching practice especially within palliative care.

Participatory research is a relatively new method of researching practice especially within palliative care.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

Oxford Case Histories in Oncology contains 30 well-structured cases from clinical practice, giving a comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncology.

Oxford Case Histories in Oncology contains 30 well-structured cases from clinical practice, giving a comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncology.

Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life.

Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease.

Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease.

Society has become increasingly diverse; multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide ranging in family structures.

Society has become increasingly diverse; multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide ranging in family structures.

The effective management of pain from cancer is a top priority for patients, carers and healthcare professionals, and has been the subject of extensive research.

Concentrating on techniques rather than pain pathology, Spinal Interventions in Pain Management is focused purely on the spine.

Concentrating on techniques rather than pain pathology, Spinal Interventions in Pain Management is focused purely on the spine.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes.

Ageing populations mean that palliative and end of life care for older people must assume greater priority.

All long-term illnesses, whatever their diagnosis, have much in common.

All long-term illnesses, whatever their diagnosis, have much in common.

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

A book for nurses, doctors and all who provide end of life care, this essential volume guides readers through the ethical complexities of such care, including current policy initiatives, and encourages debate and discussion on their controversial aspects.

The Oxford Specialist Handbooks series provides readers with clear, concise information on all that is needed to successfully train in the medical sub-specialties.

Designed for primary care clinicians, this book is about patients who suffer with long term pain.

Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care.

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care.

Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible.