Cherny N.I., Fallon M.T., Kaasa S., Portenoy R.K., Currow D.C. (eds.) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

6th edition. — Oxford University Press, 2021. — 1409 p. — ISBN: 978-0-19-882132-8.This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine takes us now into the third decade of this definitive award-winning textbook. It has been rigorously updated to offer a truly global perspective, highlighting the best current evidence-based practices, and collective wisdom from more than 200 experts around the world. This leading textbook covers all the new and emerging topics, updated and restructured to reflect major developments in the increasingly widespread acceptance of palliative medicine as a fundamental public health need. The sixth edition includes new sections devoted to family and caregiver issues, cardio-respiratory symptoms and disorders, and genitourinary symptoms and disorders. In addition, the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care is emphasized throughout the textbook, covering areas from ethical and communication issues, to the treatment of symptoms, and the management of pain. The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine is a truly comprehensive text. No hospital, hospice, palliative care service, or medical library should be without this essential source of information. This sixth edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine is dedicated to the memory of Professor Kenneth Fearon husband of Professor Marie Fallon and a surgeon who became a world leader in the research and management of anorexia and cachexia. He modeled a work-life balance that is so critical in our field, with devotion to both his patients and his family.The worldwide status of palliative care.
The challenge of palliative medicine.
Service delivery issues in palliative care.
Healthcare professionals in palliative care.
Communication and palliative medicine.
Family and caregiver issues.
Pain.
Gastrointestinal symptoms and disorders.
Cardio-respiratory symptoms and disorders.
Skin and oral symptoms and disorders.
Genitourinary symptoms and disorders.
Constitutional symptoms and related disorders.
Psychiatric and psychological symptoms and disorders.
Palliative care in cancer.
Issues in populations with non-cancer illnesses.
Issues of the very young and the very old.
Spiritual issues in palliative medicine.
The terminal phase.
Ethical issues.
Assessment tools and Informatics.
Teaching and training in palliative medicine.
Research in palliative medicine.