Published February, 2007
By Kim K. Kuebler, Debra E. Heidrich and Peg Esper
Publisher: Elsevier (Mosby)
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Provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death.

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Published February, 2007
By John Lee and Andrew Baranowski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This pocketbook provides an overview of the management of patients with long-term pain for primary care clinicians. Written in a distinct yet informal style, the book will cover the science underlying common pain syndromes and their modern management.

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Published January, 2007
By AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Pediatrics
Publisher: Eurospan (American Academy of Pediatrics)
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Helps address the role of a primary care pediatrician and the health care team in supporting families with a terminally ill child. This resource is intended to train health care professionals on how to provide palliative care to terminally ill children and their families.

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Published December, 2006
By Susan S. Lang and Richard B. Patt
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Intended for patients and caregivers on all aspects of cancer pain. This book illuminates the reasons why patients are so often undermedicated, and demonstrates that properly medicated patients are able to resume active lives and marshal strength to fight their disease, while those in chronic pain may jeopardise their potential for recovery.

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Published November, 2006
By Andrew Davies and Sara Booth
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Palliative Care Consultations
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This book is designed to give the busy clinician immediate, easy-to-access, and practical advice on problems which may arise in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer. Both the physical and psychological needs of patients with this distressing disease are covered.

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Published November, 2006
By Kenneth O'Byrne and Valerie Rusch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book provides health professionals and scientists with a comprehensive overview of the mesothelioma - an asbestos induced malignancy. It includes chapters on epidemiology, diagnosis, histopathology, radiology, surgery, chemotherapy, immune therapy, and radiotherapy as well as the molecular biology and future therapies.

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Published October, 2006
By Milton J. Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Examines the relationship between medicine's approach to care of the terminally ill and the medical, social, political, economic and cultural context in the English-speaking world. This book is of interest to palliative care practitioners, and health care professionals with an interest in end-of-life care.

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Published October, 2006
By Patrick Johnston, R A J Spence, Rod Hay, R.A.J. Spence and R. Hay
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Infection in the cancer patient is extremely common, either precipitated by the cancer itself or by the cancer therapies. Virtually all cancer patients develop an infection during their illness, often life-threatening and requiring urgent treatment. This book describes the presentation and management of all infections met by the clinician.

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Published September, 2006
By Peter Speck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care. The needs of people suffering from a life-threatening illness are diverse, and it is rare for one professional alone to provide adequate care; the skills of others are needed to ensure a holistic approach. This book explores the different aspects of team working in palliative care.

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Published September, 2006
By Geoffrey Hanks, Marie Fallon and M Fallon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
Series: ABC Series
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This brand new edition pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner. It deals with the important social and psychological aspects for palliative care of people with incurable diseases including quality of life, communication and bereavement issues.

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