Living with Dying A Guide for Palliative Care

This new edition builds on the success of its predecessors and takes intoaccount all the recent developments in palliative care, offering practicaladvice on all aspects, including drug treatment and psychological care. Itdiscusses the ethical issues in palliative care and the spiritual aspects ofdying for people of different religions. It offers guidelines on breaking badnews and communicating with the patient's relatives.Incorporating details of the advances made in both approach and treatment - aswell as a new section on non-malignant disease and home care - this is aninvaluable guide for family doctors everywhere, as well as for hospicephysicians and other professionals.