IAHPC BOOK REVIEW
PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER. Third
Edition
Jenny Penson and Ronald Fisher (Eds)
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Arnold, 2002
427 pp
ISBN 0-340-76396-5
RRP $US23.90, £18.99
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This is an excellent primer of palliative care for nurses. I think it would be equally useful to junior doctors and those who dont work in
the palliative care field. The chapters on symptom management have appropriate detail and are well set out and readable, with a few references and suggestions for further reading. The second
section "Meeting Needs" underlines the importance of multidisciplinary and holistic care. It provides clear discussions on psychosocial and spiritual problems as well as sexuality,
nutrition, complementary therapies, and grief and bereavement. The third section is about palliative nursing what it is, what it means, care standards and reflective practice
which I think would be both very informative and reassuring for a nurse coming into palliative care. The final section is about visions for the future. The chapter on ethical issues, which somehow
found its way into this section, provides a clear outline of the clinical issues and the principles upon which decisions need to be made.
Highly recommended.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, Aust March 2003)
Author Information
Jenny Penson is Education Manager, North Devon Hospice, Devon, UK
Ronald Fisher is Lecturer in Palliative Care, and formerly Consultant Physcian in Continuing Care, Christchurch Hospital, Dorset,
UK
Table of Contents
Part I Symptom Management: the cornerstone of care
- The Management of Pain 9
Hunt
- Other significant symptoms 44
Hill
- Breathlessness 75
Ahmedzai and Vora
- Oedema in Palliative Care 104
Jenns
- Confusional states 137
Mannix and Pelham
- Disease Modifying Treatments in Palliative Care 154
Napier and Srinivasan
Part II Meeting Needs: Art and Science
- Emotional Pain and Eliciting concern 171
Fisher
- Spiritual Pain 190
Stoter
- The issues of sexuality and intimacy in palliative care 202
Grigg
- Supportive (complementary) therapies in palliative care 218
Brewer and Penson
- Nutritional Care 237
Gallagher-Allred
- Helping the bereaved and helping ourselves 255
Penson
Palliative
Care 308
Hopper
- Managing change / setting standards 321
Mace
- The Special Needs of Children and Adolescents 335
Hodson
Part IV Palliative Care: Visions for the future
The Prophetic Nature of Palliative Care 371
Cassidy
Untangling the Web 382
Sweeney
Ethical Issues 393
Winchester
Index 407
 
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