Product Description : Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine New in Paperback The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine has firmly established itself as the definitive book on the subject and is highly acclaimed worldwide The new edition has been significantly revised and updated to reflect the enormous changes in palliative care over the last five years Two new international coeditors Nathan Cherny and Sir Kenneth Calman have been recruited and bring vast experience to the bookThe new edition includes sixtysix completely new chapters and contributors New sections and chapters devoted exclusively to such nonmalignant conditions as cardiac disease nonmalignant respiratory disease nonmalignant neurological disease and AIDS have been added as well as new chapters on palliative medicine in intensive care and geriatric care and complementary and alternative therapies in palliative medicine There is a brand new section on contributions to palliative care of occupational therapists physiotherapists music art and speech therapists stoma therapists clinical pharmacists and clinical psychologists Every chapter used in the first two editions have been radically reviewed and brought uptodate There are authoritative international contributions from over 150 renowned expertsThe book is written for doctors specialist palliative medicine physicians oncologists geriatricians surgeons family physicians neurologists and chest physicians We know however that it is much used by nurses and researchers in other disciplines though not written primarily for them ( it is an used product )