Introducing Palliative Care

Preface 

IPC and beyond 

Abbreviations 

Part 1 

1. Scope of palliative care 

2. Ethical aspects 

3. Communication 

4. Psychological aspects 

5. Spiritual aspects 

6. Bereavement 

Part 2 

7. Symptom management: principles and pain 

8. Symptom management: alimentary 

9. Symptom management: respiratory 

10. Symptom management: genito-urinary 

11. Symptom management: psychological & neurological 

12. Symptom management: other 

13. Emergencies 

14. End-of-life care: planning and last days of life 

Part 3 

15. Children: general aspects 

16. Children: symptom management 

17. Children: bereavement 

Part 4 

18. The Essential Palliative Care Formulary 

Appendices 

1. Curriculum for under-graduate medical education 

2. Verifying and certifying a death in the UK 

3. Palliative care resources for covid-19

Introducing Palliative Care is the well-established introductory resource for students and qualified healthcare professionals in the area of palliative care.

The sixth edition has been fully revised in line with current practice. It is split into four parts to cover essential aspects of palliative care and include essential Palliative Care Formulary containing core information about drugs used in palliative care.

New edition updates include: 

• Fully revised in line with current practice and the latest edition of the Palliative Care Formulary (PCF7)
• Split into 4 parts to cover essential aspects of palliative care
• Updated essential Palliative Care Formulary containing core information about drugs used in palliative care
• Ethics chapter includes an expanded section on medically-assisted dying

Although medically oriented, there is much of use to undergraduates and graduates of other disciplines. The clinical focus is on advanced cancer, but the general principles and most of the details are equally applicable to patients dying from other incurable, progressive, life-threatening conditions.

About the Editors

Andrew Wilcock is Macmillan Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine and Medical Oncology, Nottingham University and Honorary Consultant Physician, Hayward House, Nottingham University, Hospitals NHS Trust.

Robert Twycross is Emeritus Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University.

Claire Stark Toller is Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Mountbatten Hampshire and University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust.