Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care 4th Revised edition [Part-work (fascķculo)]

The fourth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Medicine remains the definitive, pocket-sized guide for every healthcare professional committed to providing exemplary care for patients with life-limiting illnesses. This handbook is designed to empower its readers, both specialists and generalists, with the knowledge and confidence to alleviate suffering, manage complex symptoms, and honour the unique worth and dignity of every individual and their family.

Fully revised and updated, this edition integrates the very latest evidence-based guidance and clinical practices from around the world. It uniquely continues to feature all ages from paediatric to adult, all populations with a new and expanded population-based end of life care, international sections and humanitarian sections. It features significant new content and restructure for easy quick access based upon systems and symptoms. The handbook also strengthens its vital coverage of wider care, with enhanced sections on sophisticated communication skills, spiritual and psychological distress, and supporting caregivers and the bereaved.

Practical, authoritative, and profoundly compassionate, this handbook is an essential resource for all members of the multidisciplinary team. If you look after anyone who has died, this book is for you. It is meticulously structured for rapid access to information at the point of care, ensuring clinicians can focus on what matters most: enabling patients to live as fully and comfortably as possible, through to the very end of life.

Practical, authoritative, and profoundly compassionate, the fourth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care is an essential resource for all members of the multidisciplinary team.