About this book
The standard UK training text in palliative medicine. Covers symptom control, communication, ethics, and the care of patients in the closing phase of advanced illness. Edited by Polly Edmonds, Nigel Sykes and John Wiles.
The text is organised in the working sequence of the palliative-care service: pain mechanisms and the analgesic ladder, opioid and adjuvant prescribing, the management of nausea, breathlessness, delirium and the gastrointestinal symptoms of advanced disease, then communication with patients and families, advance care planning and the ethical and legal frame of end-of-life decision-making. Service-organisation chapters address hospice, hospital and community palliative-care delivery and the consultant role in acute hospital referral.
The editorial line is built from senior UK palliative-medicine practice — Polly Edmonds at King's College Hospital, Nigel Sykes at St Christopher's Hospice, and John Wiles representing the consultant body through the Association for Palliative Medicine. The volume sits alongside the larger Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine as the working training reference for the UK Diploma in Palliative Medicine and the specialty registrar curriculum.
About the authors
Polly Edmonds— Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Palliative Medicine
Affiliations: King's College London — Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation · St Mary's Hospital Medical School — clinical training (historical)
Nigel Sykes— Medical Director (retired), St Christopher's Hospice
Palliative Medicine
Affiliations: St Christopher's Hospice, London — consultant and medical director roles across three decades · Clinical Pain Management textbook series — co-editor (CRC / Hodder imprints)
John Wiles— Consultant in Palliative Medicine; past national chair, Association for Palliative Medicine
Palliative Medicine
Affiliations: Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland — chair (public-facing advocacy period, 2000s) · South of England NHS palliative medicine consultant posts (historical)
Intended audience
- palliative medicine trainees
- hospice clinicians
- specialist palliative care nurses
Subject classification
- Palliative medicine
- End-of-life care
- Symptom control
Bibliographic details
| Format | ISBN | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Print edition (Hodder Arnold) | 0340763132 | 2004 | Open Library edition record (publisher line matched Arnold/Hodder). |
| ISBN-13 (EAN-13) | 9780340763131 | 2004 | Standard 13-digit form of the print ISBN above (same catalogue line). |
| Print edition (Arnold) | 0340763132 | 2004 | Open Library edition record (publisher line matched Arnold/Hodder). |
Source notes
- Open Library work editions — Edition list filtered to Arnold/Hodder imprints for ISBNs shown in the table.
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