Published June, 2007
By Eduardo D. Bruera, Sheila Payne, Eduardo Bruera, Julia M Addington-Hall and Irene J Higginson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The research base for palliative care must improve as it continues to develop in increasingly evidence-based health care systems, and to provide the needs of patients and families. This is the first research methods textbook focusing on the unique needs of palliative care, aimed at improving current research and stimulating new research in the field.

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Published May, 2007
By Jerry L. Old and Daniel L. Swagerty
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Contains the practical information health care professionals need to provide optimal end-of-life care. This book presents a multidimensional, holistic approach to assessment and management of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family.

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Published March, 2007
By Joanne Lynn, Ekta Chaudhry, Janice Lynch Schuster, Lin Noyes Simon, Anne M. Wilkinson and Lin Simon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Provides a "how-to" introduction to quality improvement in palliative care. Each chapter in this work features a case study that illustrates how successful quality improvement teams work; and also includes ideas for change that most groups can put into practice.

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Published March, 2007
By Penney Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. This book examines the impact of the choice of diverse legal routes towards legalization on the subsequent assisted dying regimes in operation.

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Published February, 2007
By Bee Wee, Nic Hughes and Nick Hughes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Education is key to developing a strong base for the future of palliative care, and this book provides a wide-ranging, global view of palliative care education. It offers theoretical and practical insights, along with specific suggestions for developing knowledge and skills for teaching.

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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 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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