While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medicationdriven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care.Pharmacological therapy can be extremely complex because these patients often haveco-existing medical conditions in addition to symptoms caused by their terminaldisease. The resulting polypharmacy can be daunting for professionals and cannegatively impact on effectiveness of care.The practitioner requires a simple, easyto navigate reference source that provides succinct and pertinent drug information.This detailed yet concise handbook will appeal to a variety of healthcareprofessionals involved in the provision of palliative care and medicinesinformation. It begins with an overview of pharmacology and prescribing advice thencontains over 100 entries of palliative care drugs, in an easy to use A-Zformat.
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