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List of contents
- 1: Paediatric palliative medicine- philosophy and practice
- 2: Models of paediatric palliative care
- 3: Ethics in palliative care
- 4: Pain: introduction
- 5: Pain: evaluation
- 6: Pain step 3, major opiods
- 7: Adjuvants
- 8: Nausea and vomiting
- 9: Gastrointestinal symptoms
- 10: Mouth care, feeding and hydration
- 11: Dyspnoea
- 12: Neurological symptoms
- 13: Psychological symptoms
- 14: Skin symptoms
- 15: Palliative care emergencies
- 16: Malignant diseases
- 17: Specific non-malignant diseases
- 18: Palliative care in intensive care environments
- 19: Practicalities around time of death
- 20: Religion and ritual
- 21: Bereavement
- 22: Communication skills
- 23: Communication among professionals
- 24: Coping skills
- 25: Education and training
- 26: Formulary
About the author
Richard Hain is a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at the Children's Hospital for Wales, UK. Dr Hain's academic background is varied and includes postgraduate degrees in pharmacology, professional education and ethics and theology. He has co-authored over fifty research and review articles, four books on children's palliative medicine and a large number of book chapters. His primary research interest is in the principles and practice of paediatric palliative medicine, and he is increasingly focussing on clinical ethics in children at the end of life. He is honorary Senior Lecturer at Bangor University as well as Visiting Professor at University of Glamorgan.
Satbir Singh Jassal is the Medical Director of Rainbows Children's Hospice, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. He is one of the UK's longest serving hospice doctors, and has honorary lecturer status at Cardiff Medical School. In addition, he chairs a number of national groups including the Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine.
Summary
Now in its second edition Paediatric Palliative Medicine covers all aspects of the care of children with life limiting illnesses, including symptom control, the philosophy and models that support delivery of palliative medicine to children, and the practical delivery of palliative medicine to other professionals and to families
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...an excellent introduction to both the principles and practice of paediatric palliative care...this book should be read by both students and clinicians who are exposed for the first time to the challenging but rewarding area of paediatric palliative care practice
