ABC of palliative care / edited by Marie Fallon and Geoffrey Hanks. - 2nd ed. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., Ltd, 2006. - viii, 88 p. : ill. (some col.), diagrs, photos, graphs. - (ABC Malden, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references.

The principles of palliative care / Balfour Mount, Geoffrey Hanks, Lorna McGoldrick -- The principles of control of cancer pain / Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan Cherny -- Difficult pain / Lesley Colvin, Karen Forbes, Marie Fallon -- Breathlessness, cough, and other respiratory problems / Carol Davis, Gillian Percy -- Oral health in patients with advanced disease / Jeremy Bagg, Andrew Davies -- Anorexia, cachexia, nutrition, and fatigue / Kenneth Fearon, Matthew Barber -- Nausea and vomiting / Kathryn Mannix -- Constipation, diarrhoea, and intestinal obstruction / Nigel Sykes, Carla Ripamonti, Eduardo Bruera, Debra Gordon -- Depression, anxiety, and confusion / Mari Lloyd-Williams -- Emergencies / Stephen Falk, Colette Reid -- The last 48 hours / James Adam -- Palliative care for children / Ann Goldman -- Communication / David Jeffrey -- The carers / Julia Addington-Hall, Amanda Ramirez -- Chronic non-malignant disease / Marie Fallon, Francis Dunn, Raymond Voltz, Gian Borasio, Rob George, Roger Woodruff -- Community palliative care / Keri Thomas -- Bereavement / Marilyn Relf -- Complementary therapies / Michelle Kohn, Jane Maher.

9781405130790 (pbk.)


Palliative treatment.
Terminal care.

R726.8 A23 2006