1st Edition was the WINNER of the 1999 BMA Medical Book of the Year Prize

Why you should buy this book

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• Comprehensive and authoritative text with a very practical and thorough approach
  
• Written by competent experts in the areas of their contributions
  
• New sections on heart failure, respiratory failure and end-stage renal failure
  
• Coverage of medicine management and complementary medicine in palliative care
  
• Discusses important areas of audit and ethical issues in palliative medicine

“The second edition responds to evaluative comments on the first edition in strengthening its multidisciplinary focus and providing a broader professional approach through both the editorial team and contributors. It aims, as before, to embrace practical issues as well as to provide an evidence-based and empirical approach...”
From the Preface