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Following publication of the first edition in 1993, the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine rapidly established itself as the definitive textbook on the subject. Each edition has received widespread critical acclaim, and the book is used across the world by the wide range of health care professionals involved in the care of patients with a terminal illness, or chronic, progressive conditions. Existing readers who automatically turn to the textbook will welcome this updated edition of their familiar reference, whilst it will prove a fascinating read to a new generation of palliative care professionals. The rapid development of the specialty means the textbook is always thoroughly revised between editions, and the fourth edition is no exception. The original editors Geoffrey Hanks and Nathan Cherny are joined by 4 new editors who are leaders in the field, and represent a more global editorial approach than ever before. The multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care is emphasised
List of contents
Section 1: Introduction; 1.1 Geoff Hanks, Nathan I. Cherny, Stein Kaasa, Russ Portenoy, Nicholas Christakis & Marie Fallon: Introduction; Section 2: The worldwide status of palliative care; 2.1 David Clark: International progress in creating palliative medicine as a specialized discipline; 2.2 Perry Fine & Stephen Connor: Lessons learned from hospice in the United States of America; 2.3 Robert Twycross & M. R. Rajagopal: Providing palliative care in resource-poor countries; 2.4 Neil Macdonald: IAHPC list of the essential medicines for palliative care; Section 3: The challenge of palliative medicine; 3.1 Nathan I. Cherny: The problem of suffering and the principles of assessment in palliative medicine; 3.2 Jane Ingham, Meg Sands & Michael Piza: The epidemiology of death and symptoms; 3.3 Paul Glare, Christian Sinclair, Michael Downing & Patrick Stone: Predicting survival in patients with advanced disease; 3.4 Raphael Catane & Nathan Cherny: Palliative medicine and modern can
About the author
Geoffrey Hanks, Professor Emeritus of Palliative Medicine, University of Bristol, UK;Nathan I. Cherny, Norman Levan Chair of Humanistic Medicine; Director, Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel;Nicholas A. Christakis, Professor, Department Medicine and Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, and Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;Marie Fallon, St Columba's Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK;Stein Kaasa, European Palliative Care Research Centre, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, and Department of Oncology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Russell K. Portenoy, Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, US
