DESCRIPTION:
* The fifth edition of the hugely successful ""Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine"", which has gained a reputation as the definitive guide to the field
* Five international editors guarantee a truly global perspective
* Over 200 contributors and 100 chapters deal with all aspects of this rapidly developing specialty

CONTENTS:
Section 1: The Worldwide Status of Palliative Care
Section 2: The Challenge of Palliative Medicine
Section 3: Service Delivery Issues in Palliative Care
Section 4: The Interdisciplinary Team
Section 5: Ethical Issues
Section 6: Communication and Palliative Medicine
Section 7: Assessment Tools and Informatics
Section 8: Common Symptoms and Disorders
Section 9: Common Symptoms and Disorders: Pain
Section 10: Common Symptoms and Disorders: Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Section 11: Common Symptoms and Disorders: Skin problems
Section 12: Issues in Populations with Cancer
Section 13: Cancer Pain Syndromes
Section 14: Cancer-Associated Disorders
Section 15: Issues in Populations with Non-Cancer Illnesses
Section 16: Issues of the Very Young and the Very Old
Section 17: Psychosocial and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Medicine
Section 18: The Terminal Phase
Section 19: Research in Palliative Medicine