Drugs in Palliative Care, 3rd Edition
$105.25
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
6 April 2023
Summary
While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medication driven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care. Prescribing in palliative care can be extremely complex because the patient may often have comorbidity, or occasionally multimorbidity. The associated polypharmacy further complicates the pharmacological management of symptoms being caused by the palliative condition. This can be daunting for healthcare professionals and can negatively impact u…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198746409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198746407 |
| Author: | Andrew Dickman |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 6 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 100mm x 180mm |
| Series: | Drugs In |
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Critics Review
Review from previous edition I like the handy pocket-size and the drug monographs are organised in an easy-to-use A-Z format. This book would be very useful as a quick reference on any palliative care unit. * IAHPC Newsletter *
Andrew Dickman
Dr Andrew Dickman is the Consultant Pharmacist for Palliative Care at the Academic Palliative and End of Life Care Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He is an honorary Fellow at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University. He has been recently designated as a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for his distinction in the Profession of Pharmacy. As well as numerous papers, Dr Dickman has authored two essential palliative care textbooks, both being highly commended by the BMA.
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