A guide to symptom relief in advanced disease
5th Edition
Regnard C, Tempest S
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Claud F. B. Regnard, Sue Tempest
Butterworth-Heinemann; 5th edition
143 pp
Paperback
ISBN 1898507384
RRP 19.95
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This is the expanded and up-dated fifth edition of this well known and highly regarded text. It is a clinical decision guide for
symptom relief in patients with advanced disease, both malignant and non-malignant. The essential management advice in each section is set out in a table, forming a clinical decision algorithm
that is based on patient information. There is a lot of additional information about the diagnosis and management of symptoms given in the text, which is well referenced.
The clinical decision tables in this book are an invaluable resource for moments when difficult or unusual problems are encountered,
or symptoms respond poorly to apparently appropriate therapy. As such, it deserves to be on the library shelf of every palliative care service.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
February 2004
Author Information
Claud Regnard is Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St. Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Jo Hockley is Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist on the Palliative Care Team, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Getting Started 11
Managing Pain 37
Other Physical Symptoms 61
Psychological Symptoms 69
Difficult Decisions 183
Emergencies 199
Drug Information 221
Index 279
