Published March, 2014
By David Oliver, Gian Domenico Borasio and Wendy Johnston
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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ALS (motor neurone disease) is a progressive disease that can have profound effects on the person, carers and their family. This book is for all health and social care professionals involved in the care of people with ALS. It enables the standard of care and the quality of life of all those involved to be maintained.

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Published February, 2014
By David Currow and Katherine Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Emergencies in...
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As part of the Emergencies in... series, this book is a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in palliative care. The book will provide clinical guidance for the management of people with progressive life limiting illnesses including cancer, AIDS, end-stage organ failure and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Published February, 2014
By Tom Roques, Thankamma Ajithkumar and Adrian Harnett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Case Histories
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Part of the Oxford Case Histories series, this volume contains 30 well-structured cases from clinical practice, giving a comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncology. The cases cover a wide spectrum of oncology including uncommon presentations and clinical problems of common cancers.

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Published February, 2014
By Howard S. Smith and Perry G. Fine
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Pocket Notes
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Opioid Management Tools and Tips provides health professionals with basic guidance, tools, and resources for identifying patients who may be at risk for opioid misuse and effective managing the risk of abuse, addiction, and diversion.

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Published January, 2014
By Ruth McCorkle, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Assistant Mark Lazenby, Florence Ruth McCorkle, Kilbride-Clinton Daniel P Sulmasy and Mark Lazenby
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Safe Passage is a sourcebook for end-of-life care which integrates clinical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and ethical expertise, drawing on the perspectives of the world's most prevalent belief systems.

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Published December, 2013
By Henry McQuay, Andrew Moore, Jayne Edwards and Jodie Barden
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Bandolier's Little Book of Pain is a unique portable guide to evidence-based pain treatments. Written by world leaders in the field of evidenced-based pain treatments, the book will be indispensable for the multi-disciplinary professionals managing acute and chronic pain in primary and secondary care.

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Published October, 2013
By Rhonda J. Moore
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care stands out as a one-stop reference for a range of professionals, including health practitioners specializing in pain management or palliative care, clinical and health psychologists, public health professionals, and clinicians and administrators in long-term care and hospice.

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Published October, 2013
By Rhonda J. Moore
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care stands out as a one-stop reference for a range of professionals, including health practitioners specializing in pain management or palliative care, clinical and health psychologists, public health professionals, and clinicians and administrators in long-term care and hospice.

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Published October, 2013
By Catherine Proot and Michael Yorke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Life to be Lived examines the process of adjustment that patients and their families go through when they face the end of life. Personal research and case-based examples provide a candid look at the challenges from dealing with options from symptom and pain control to adjusting to the psychosocial implications of being ill.

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Published October, 2013
By David Schenck, Larry R. Churchill and Joseph B. Fanning
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Healthcare ethics has been dominated by the voices of professionals. This book listens to the voices of patients and argues that patients' perceptions should form the core ethical obligations and insights for "good care." This is the ethical meaning of "patient-centered care."

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