Drugs in Palliative Care
$139.78
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
6 April 2023
Summary
Drugs in Palliative Care: A Quick Reference Guide
While palliative care embraces a holistic approach, medication plays a vital role in symptom management. Prescribing can be complex due to comorbidities and polypharmacy, potentially impacting care effectiveness.
This fully revised and updated third edition offers a succinct overview of key drugs used in palliative care. It begins with clinical pharmacology and prescribing guidance, followed by over 160 drug monographs in an …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198746409 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198746407 |
| Series: | Drugs In |
| 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: | 180mm x 100mm x 21mm |
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What They're Saying
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 *
About The Author
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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