TY - BOOK AU - Hanks,Geoffrey W.C. TI - Oxford textbook of palliative medicine SN - 9780198570295 (hbk.) : AV - R726.8 .O9 2009 U1 - 616.029 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Palliative treatment KW - Textbooks KW - Palliative Care KW - Pain KW - therapy KW - Pain Management N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; The worldwide status of palliative care / edited by Russ Portenoy, Debbie Ashby, and Stein Kaasa -- The challenge of palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Stein Kaasa -- The interdisciplinary team / edited by Stein Kaasa ... [et al.] -- Ethical issues / edited by Nathan I. Cherny -- Communication and palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- Research in palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- The principles of drug use in palliative medicine / edited by Stein Kaasa -- Disease modifying management in advanced cancer / edited by Stein Kaasa, Nathan I. Cherny, and Debbie Ashby -- The management of common symptoms and disorders / edited by Stein Kaasa ... [et al.] -- Issues in specific neoplastic disease / edited by Stein Kaasa, Marie Fallon, and Russ Portenoy --; Palliative medicine in non-malignant disease / edited by Stein Kaasa ... [et al.] -- Paediatric palliative medicine / edited by Marie Fallon -- Geriatric palliative medicine / edited by Russ Portenoy and Nicholas Christakis -- Psychiatric, psychosocial, and spiritual issues in palliative medicine / edited by Nathan I. Cherny and Stein Kaasa -- Medical rehabilitation and the palliative care patient / edited by Marie Fallon -- Complementary therapies in palliative medicine / edited by Russ Portenoy -- Palliative care in the home / edited by Debbie Ashby -- The terminal phase / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- Education and training in palliative medicine / edited by Marie Fallon N2 - Emphasising the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care, the fourth edition of this text also looks at the individual professional roles that contribute to the best-quality palliative care ER -