IAHPC BOOK REVIEW

CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT A Comprehensive Approach

Karen Simpson and Keith Budd (Eds)

Oxford University Press, 2000 ISBN 0-19-262877-1 278pp RRP £29.50 $US52.00

This book highlights key issues in the practice of palliative nursing, providing both a discussion of the art of palliative nursing as well as the scientific foundation for it.

The book is divided into three sections. Section 1 focuses on pain and symptom control, examined from the prospective of promoting comfort. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are given rightful recognition of their place in palliative management. There is a provocative summation on the broad dimensions of spirituality. Section 2 explores the many facets of hope. The theory, experience and practical guidelines for the management of grief and bereavement are clearly set out. Section 3 explores a number of topical themes, including ethics, research, quality of life and the needs of patients with non-malignant disease. The chapter on ethical issues in palliative care is a must read. The final chapter identifies the stresses that palliative care workers may experience and provides valuable strategies for looking after ourselves.

This book is very well written, formatted and referenced. Many chapters are enhanced by the inclusion of illustrative case histories and points for reflection. It will be a valuable addition to the palliative nurses’ library and will be useful to anyone pursuing interdisciplinary graduate studies in palliative care.

Lorraine Jordan RN

Palliative Care Nurse Consultant

Roger Woodruff

Director of Palliative Care, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre,
Melbourne Australia
August 2002

Author Information

Past Chairman, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
Director of Palliative Care, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia

March 2002

Author Information

Karen Simpson is Consultant in Pain Management, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

Keith Budd is Consultant in Pain Management, The Mornington Clinic, Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK

Table of Contents

1. Philosophy of Cancer Pain Management 1

Simpson

2. Ethical Issues 7

Russon and Wilkinson

3. Psychological Support 15

Skevington

4. Spiritual Help 36

Stoter

5. Nursing Issues 48

Foyle

6. Physiotherapy 63

O’Gorman and Elfred

7. Non-Pharmacological Methods for the Treatment of Pain in Children 74

Wood, Vieyra and Poulain

8. Nerve Blocks - Simple Injections, Epidurals, Spinals and more complex blocks 84

Breivik

9. Complex Interventional Therapy 99

Krames and Rohira

10. Percutaneous Cordotomy 137

Wells

11. Neurosurgical Pain Management 144

Hassenbusch and Dickens

12. Selected Surgical Approaches 168

Dunn

13. Acupuncture and TENS 188

Filshie and Thompson

14. Spinal Cord Stimulation 224

Budd

15. Radiotherapy 232

Makin

16. Chemotherapy and Hormonal Manipulations 247

Alison

17. Homeopathic Medicine 261

Thompson

Index 269

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