1: Paediatric palliative medicine- philosophy and practice
2: Models of paediatric palliative care
3: Ethics in palliative care
4: Pain: introduction
5: Pain: evaluation
6: Pain step 3, major opiods
7: Adjuvants
8: Nausea and vomiting
9: Gastrointestinal symptoms
10: Mouth care, feeding and hydration
11: Dyspnoea
12: Neurological symptoms
13: Psychological symptoms
14: Skin symptoms
15: Palliative care emergencies
16: Malignant diseases
17: Specific non-malignant diseases
18: Palliative care in intensive care environments
19: Practicalities around time of death
20: Religion and ritual
21: Bereavement
22: Communication skills
23: Communication among professionals
24: Coping skills
25: Education and training
26: Formulary
Richard Hain is a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in
Paediatric Palliative Medicine at the Children's Hospital for
Wales, UK. Dr Hain's academic background is varied and includes
postgraduate degrees in pharmacology, professional education and
ethics and theology. He has co-authored over fifty research and
review articles, four books on children's palliative medicine and a
large number of book chapters. His primary research interest is in
the principles and
practice of paediatric palliative medicine, and he is increasingly
focussing on clinical ethics in children at the end of life. He is
honorary Senior Lecturer at Bangor University as well as
Visiting
Professor at University of Glamorgan. Satbir Singh Jassal is the
Medical Director of Rainbows Children's Hospice, Loughborough,
Leicestershire, UK. He is one of the UK's longest serving hospice
doctors, and has honorary lecturer status at Cardiff Medical
School. In addition, he chairs a number of national groups
including the Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine.
`Review1from previous edition ...one of the most authoritative
books on paediatric palliative care'
ehospice, Nov 2012
`This concise, portable and practical handbook serves its remit
well'
European Journal of Palliative Care
`This succinct manual covers many important aspects of pediatric
palliative medicine. Its portability and the wealth of subjects it
covers make it useful for anyone practicing in this field.'
University of Washington Medical Center
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