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Abrahm JL. A Physician’s Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients.
2nd edition
John Hopkins University Press, 2005

Addington-Hall J and Higginson I (Eds). Pallliative Care for Non-Cancer Patients
Oxford University Press 2000.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
OPTIMIZING CANCER CARE - THE IMPORTANCE OF SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
Vols I and II
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 2001.
Anne-Mei T. PALLIATIVE CARE AND COMMUNICATION: Experiences in the Clinic, Open University Press, 2002.
Armes, J; Krishnasamy M; and Higginson, I.  Fatigue in Cancer.
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Armstrong-Coster A. LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER.
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Armstrong-Dailey A, Zarbock S. Hospice Care for Children 2nd Ed
Oxford University Press 2001.
 
Baird RM and Rosenbaum SE (Eds) CARING FOR THE DYING: Critical issues at the edge of life.
Prometheus Books, 2003
Ballard J. LITTLE WAVE AND OLD SWELL: A Fable of Life and It’s Passing.
Book Surge, 2004
Barnard, D. Towers A, Boston P, Lambrinidou Y (Eds) CROSSING OVER: Narratives of Palliative Care, Oxford University Press, 2000.
ISBN 019 512343-3
Barraclough J. (Ed.) Integrated Cancer Care: Holistic, Complementary and Creative Approaches
Oxford University Press, 2001.
Bonnie R. MAGNIFYING YOUR DAYS: Inspirational Devotionals for Grieving
Winepress Publishing, 2003.

Booth S; Bruera E and Tate T. Palliative Care Consultations in Gynaeoncology.
Oxford University Press, 2004

Booth, S, Bruera, E and Craig J. Palliative Care Consultations in Haemato-Oncology.
Oxford University Press, 2003.

Booth S, Bruera E.(Eds) PRIMARY AND METASTATIC BRAIN TUMOURS.
Oxford University Press, 2004
Braun L and Cohen M. HERBS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS: An Evidence-based Guide.
Churchill Livingstone, 2004
Available from http://www.elsevier.com
Brennan J, Moynihan C. CANCER IN CONTEXT : A Practical Guide to
Supportive Care.

Oxford University Press 2004.
Brewin TBB, Sparshott M. Relating to the relatives. Breaking bad news, communication and support.
Radcliffe, 1996.
Bruera E, Fisch MJ. Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Bruera E, Portenoy R (eds). Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management.
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Bruera E, Portenoy RK. (Eds.) Topics in Palliative Care, Vol. 3 Oxford University Press, 1998.
Bruera E, Portenoy RK. (Eds.) Topics in Palliative Care, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Cairns M, Thompson M, Wainwright W (Eds) TRANSITIONS IN DYING AND
BEREAVEMENT: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care.

Health Professions Press, 2003
Caraceni, A and Grassi, L. Delirium: Acute Confusional States in
Palliative Medicine.
Oxford University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-19-263199-3

Carr Alison, Higginson Irene, Robinson Peter (Eds) QUALITY OF LIFE
BMJ Books, 2003

Carter BS and Levetown M (Eds). PALLIATIVE CARE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN,
AND ADOLESCENTS: A Practical Handbook.

Johns Hopkins University Press 2004

Cassell, E J. The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, 2ed.
Oxford University Press, 2004

Chambers, E J, Germain M and Brown E. Supportive Care for the Renal Patient.
Oxford University Press, 2004.

Charlton R.(Ed) PRIMARY PALLIATIVE CARE: Dying, death and bereavement in the community. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002.

Chochinov H, Breitbart W (Eds) HANDBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE,
Oxford University Press, 2000.

Christakis N. DEATH FORETOLD: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care.
University of Chicago Press, 1999.

David Clark, Editor. CICELY SAUNDERS: Founder of the Hospice Movement -
Selected Letters 1959-1999.
Oxford University Press, 2002
Hardcover & now in paperback also
Clark D, Small N, Wright M, Winslow M, Hughes N. A Bit of Heaven for the
Few? An Oral History of the Modern Hospice Movement in the United Kingdom.

Observatory Publications; UK: Lancaster University, 2005. Order information
Cobb M. The Dying Soul: Spiritual Care at the End of Life. Open University Press, 2001.
Curtis JR, Rubenfeld GD (Eds) MANAGING DEATH IN THE ICU: The Transition from Cure to Comfort.
Oxford University Press, 2001
Davies, A and Finlay, I. Oral Care in Advanced Disease.
Oxford University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0-19-263243-4
Davy Jand Ellis S. COUNSELLING SKILLS IN PALLIATIVE CARE Open University Press, 2000.
Dennison Amy, Dennison Allie, Dennison David. Our Dad Died: The True Story of Three Kids Whose Lives Changed. Free Spirit Publishing, 2003.
DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA. (Eds.) Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology,
(6th edition) J. B. Lippincott, 2001.
Dickman A, Littlewood C, Varga J.   The Syringe Driver: Continuous subcutaneous infusions in palliative care
Oxford University Press, 2002.
Dickman, A, Schneider, J, Varga J. The Syringe Driver: Continuous subcutaneous infusions in palliative care, 2nd edition
Oxford University Press, 2005
Dohaney MT. When Things Get Back to Normal. Goose Lane Editions, 2002.
Doyle D (Ed).   VOLUNTEERS IN HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE:
A Handbook for Volunteer Service Managers.
Oxford University Press, 2002
Doyle D, Jeffrey D. Palliative Care in the Home, Oxford Medical Publications, 2000.

Doyle D, Hanks, GW, Cherny N, Calman, KC (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (3rd Ed)
Oxford University Press, 2003

Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny N, Calman K (Eds) OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. Third Edition (Paperback).
Oxford
University
Press, 2005
Draper NA. A BURDEN OF SILENCE: My Mother’s Battle With AIDS.
Authorhouse, 2004
Dunn GP, Johnson AG (Eds) SURGICAL PALLIATIVE CARE, Oxford University
Press, 2004.
Dworkin RH and Breitbart WS. (Eds) PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN: A handbook for Health Care Providers (Progress in Pain Research and Management, vol 27).
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), 2004
Edzard Ernst(Editor), with MH Pittler, C Stevinson and A White (Associate Editors). 
THE DESKTOP GUIDE TO COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE:
AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH.
Mosby, 2001.
Ellershaw, J and Wilkinson, S. Care of the Dying: A Pathway to Excellence.
Oxford University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-19-850933-2
Enck Robert The Medical Care of Terminally Ill Patients.
The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology.
Ferrell BR, Coyle N (Eds.) Textbook of Palliative Nursing
Oxford University Press, 2001.
Field MJ, Behrman RE (Eds) WHEN CHILDREN DIE: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and their Families. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, National Academies Press, 2003.
Fisch MJ and Bruera E (Eds). Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care.
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Foley K, Hendin H. (Eds.) The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care.
Johns Hopkins University, 2002.
Foley KM and Gelband H(Eds). IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER,
National Academy Press, 2001.
Forman WB, Kitzes JA, Anderson RP, Sheehan DK (eds). HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE:
Concepts and Practice, 2e.
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003
Foyle Lorna and Hostad Janis (Eds) DELIVERING CANCER AND PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATION
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2004 Order Through Radcliffe
Gabori S A Good Enough Life: The Dying Speak. Goose Lane Editions, 2002.
Gaze MN and Wilson IM. HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY CANCER CARE,
Greenwich Medical Media, 2003.
Goodman S. LOVE NEVER DIES. Jodere Group, 2001. 180 pp ISBN 1 58872 015 2
Grinyer A. CANCER IN YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH PARENTS' EYES. Open University
Press 2002
Hallenbeck JL. PALLIATIVE CARE PERSPECTIVES, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Have HT, Clark D. The Ethics of Palliative Care: European Perspectives.
Open University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-335-21140 -2
Hearn J, Myers K. (Eds.) Palliative Day Care in Practice.
Oxford University Press, 2001.
Hicks, F and Simpson, K H. Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care.
Oxford University Press, 2004
Hockey J, Katz J, and Small N (Eds)-  GRIEF, MOURNING AND DEATH RITUAL
Open University Press, 2001
Hoskin, P and Makin W. Oncology for Palliative Medicine:
Second Edition,
Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-262811-9
Huda Abu-Saad and Annemie Courtens.  Evidence-Based Palliative Care: Across the Life Span Blackwell Science 2001
No reviews
Jeffrey D (ed). Teaching Palliative Care: A Practical Guide. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002.
Joishy SK.  Palliative Medicine Secrets.
Mosby, 1999.
Joseph E. THE STARTLED HEART: Ghazal Variations on Loss,
Oolichan Books, 2004.
Available from oolichan@island.net
Katz, J and Peace, S. End of Life in Care Homes: A Palliative Care Approach.
OUP, 2003 ISBN 0-19-851071-3

Kellehear A. and Ritchie D (eds) SEVEN DYING AUSTRALIANS. Innovative
Resources - The Publishing Arm of St. Luke's Anglicare, 2003

Kember L. LEAN ON ME: Cancer through a carer's eyes.
L. Kember Publications, 2003.
Available at http://www.cancerthroughacarerseyes.jkwh.com/ Email lorakeet@iinet.net.au
Kemp B and Kerner D Arnett GOING HOME: Facing Life’s Final Moments
Without Fear.
Kregel Publications, 2005
Keown J. (Ed.) Euthanasia Examined. Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives.
Cambridge University Press. 1997.
Kessler D. THE NEEDS OF THE DYING: A guide for bringing hope, comfort and love to life's final chapter
Quill, 2000.
Kinghorne S, Gamlin R (Eds) Palliative Nursing: Bringing Comfort and Hope .
Bailliere Tindall and The Royal College of Nursing, 2001.
Kinzbrunner B, Weinreb N, Policzer, J. (Eds.) 20 Common Problems in End of Life Care.
McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Kissane D and Bloch S. FAMILY FOCUSED GRIEF THERAPY.
Open University Press, 2002
Klein A. The courage to laugh: Humor, hope and healing in the face of death and dying.
JP Tarder, 1
Kuebler K, Berry P, Heidrich D. (Eds.) End of Life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines.
WB Saunders, 2001.
Kuhl D. WHAT DYING PEOPLE WANT: Practical Wisdom for the End-of-Life.
Public Affairs, 2002

Lawton J. THE DYING PROCESS: Patients' Experiences of Palliative Care.
Routledge, 2000.

Lipman A, Jackson K, Tyler L. (Eds.) Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care:
Systematic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems
in Patients with Life Limiting Disease.
Pharmaceutical Products PR, 2001.
Lloyd-Williams M. (ed) PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE
Oxford University Press, 2003
Lugton J, Kindlen M. (Eds.) Palliative Care: The Nursing Role. Churchill Livingstone 1999.
Lynn J, Lynch-Schuster J, Kabcenell A. (Eds.) Improving Care for the End of Life:
A Sourcebook For Health Care Managers And Clinicians.
Oxford University Press, 2000.
Matzo MLP and Sherman DW (Eds). GERONTOLOGIC PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING.
Mosby, 2004
McDonald Peter THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL QUOTATIONS
McIntyre R. NURSING SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF DYING PATIENTS.
Whurr Publishers Ltd, 2002
Meldrum ML. Opioids and Pain Relief: A Historical Perspective. IASP Press, 2004.
Merriman A. Palliative Medicine: Pain and Symptom Control in the Cancer and/or AIDS Patient in Uganda and other African Countries. 3rd Edition. Hospice Africa Uganda, 2002. To purchase this book, please contact: Rona Abenaitwe, Resource Centre, Hospice Africa Uganda, PO Box 7757, Kampala, Uganda.
Email: educ@hospiceafrica.or.ug
Miller Elliot Mark  - THE HUSBAND'S GUIDE TO CANCER SURVIVAL
Angel's Quill Production, 2004
Monroe B, Oliviere D. (eds) PATIENT PARTICIPATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE: A Voice for the Voiceless. Oxford University Press, 2003
Monroe B and Frances Krause (Eds) BRIEF INTERVENTIONS WITH BEREAVED CHILDREN
Oxford
University
Press 2005.
Morrison RS. Geriatric Palliative Care OUP, 2003
The National Council for Palliative Care. 20:20 VISION – THE SHAPE OF
THE FUTURE FOR PALLIATIVE CARE The NCPC, 2005.

Available in www.ncpc.org.uk
Neuberger J. DYING WELL: A Guide to Enabling a Good Death. Hochland and
Hochland, 1999
Neuberger J. CARING FOR DYING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS (Third Edition)
Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004.
Nyatanga B. Why is it so Difficult to Die? Quay Books, 2001.
O’Connor M,  Aranda S (Eds). PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING A Guide to Practice. Second edition, Ausmed Publications, Melbourne, 2003
Oliver D, Borasio GD, Walsh D (Eds) PALLIATIVE CARE IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (Motor Neurone Disease). Oxford University Press, 2000
Rev. Oliver S. WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: Lessons on Living. Haworth Pastoral Press, 1998
Oliviere D and Monroe B (Eds) DEATH, DYING, AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES.
Oxford University Press, 2004
O'Neill Joseph F., Selwyn Peter A., and Schietinger Helen (Eds)A
CLINICAL GUIDE TO SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FOR HIV/AIDS.
 
HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2003. 602pp
Available Free (see review)
Park G, Fulton B and Senthuran S. The Management of Acute Pain (2nd Ed) Oxford University Press, 2000

Patarca-Montero R (ed). Handbook of Cancer Related Fatigue.
Haworth Press, 2004.

Patt RB, Lang SS. THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO RELIEVING CANCER PAIN AND
SUFFERING,
Oxford University Press 2004.
Payne S, Ellis-Hill C.  (Eds.) Chronic and Terminal Illness: New Perspectives on Caring and Careers. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Payne S, Seymour J, Ingleton C (Eds). PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING: Principles and Evidence for Practice
Open University Press, 2004.
Pazdur, Coia, Hoskins and Wagman (Eds) CANCER MANAGEMENT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Medical, Surgical and Radiation Oncology.
7th edition The Oncology Group, 2003
Penson J, Fisher R. (eds) PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER.
Third Edition Arnold, 2002. 427 pp
Piller N, O’Connor M (Eds). THE LYMPHOEDEMA HANDBOOK: Causes, Effects and Management. Hill of Content, Melbourne, Australia, 2002.
ISBN 0855723270 RRP $A24.69
Portenoy RK, Bruera E (Eds) Issues in Palliative Care Research. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Portenoy R, Bruera E. (Eds.) Topics In Palliative Care, Vol. 1. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Portenoy R, Bruera E (Eds.) Topics in Palliative Care, Vol. 3. Oxford University Press, 1999.
Portenoy R, Bruera E. (Eds.) Topics in Palliative Care, Vol. 4. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Pratt RJ. HIV and AIDS: A Foundation for Nursing and Health Care
Practice (5th Ed) Arnold, 2003.
Pratt RJ, John M. Grange JM and Williams VG. TUBERCULOSIS: A foundation
for nursing and health care practice.

Hodder Arnold, 2005
Price DD, Bushnell MC. Psychological Methods of Pain Control: Basic Science and Clinical Perspectives: Progress in Pain Research and Management, Vol. 29.
Seattle: IASP Press, 2004.
Quill TE and Battin MP (Eds) PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING: The case for
palliative care and patient choice.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

Rajagopal MR, Mazza D, Lipman AG (eds). Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized Populations: A Global Challenge. Haworth Press, 2003.

Regnard C, Tempest S A guide to symptom relief in advanced disease
Butterworth-Heinemann; 5th edition
Ripamonti C, Bruera E, Daly I. Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Advanced Cancer Patients. Oxford University Press, 2002
Romer AL, Solomon MZ, Heller KS, Weissman DE, (Eds.) Innovations in End-of-Life Care: Practical Strategies & International Perspectives, Vol. 3. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2002
Rowe M. THE BOOK OF JESSE. The Francis Press, 2002
Rumbold Bruce (Ed) SPIRITUALITY AND PALLIATIVE CARE: Social and Pastoral
Perspectives.
Oxford University Press, 2002
Saunders C, Baines M, Dunlop RJ. Living with dying: A guide for palliative carers. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Simpson K and Budd K (Eds) Cancer Pain Management: A Comprehensive Approach Oxford University Press, 2000
Snyder L, Quill TE. (Eds.) Physician’s Guide to End of Life Care . American College of Physicians, 2001.
Solomon MZ, Romer AL, Heller KS. Innovations in End-of-Life Care: Practical Strategies & International Perspectives. Vol 1 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2000
Solomon MZ, Romer AL, Heller KS Innovations in End-of-Life Care: Practical Strategies & International Perspectives, Vol. 2 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2001
Stanworth, R Recognizing Spiritual Needs in People Who Are Dying
Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-852511-7
Staton J Shuy R, Byock I. A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE: Different Paths to Life's End, Georgetown University Press, 2001.
Michael Stillwater and Gary Malkin CARE FOR THE JOURNEY
Messages and Music for Sustaining the Heart of Health Care

A Wisdom of the World Production, 2005
CD-ROM
Available from: http://www.careforthejourney.net
Storey P and Carol F. Knight CF. AAHPM UNIPAC SERIES, 2nd Edition.
Hospice/Palliative Care Training for Physicians.

MaryAnn Liebert, 2003
Available from
http://www.liebertpub.com/publication.aspx?pub_id=119&crit=UNIPAC
Swedenborg E, Translated from Latin by George F. Dole HEAVEN AND HELL.
Swedenborg Foundation, 2000
Taylor GJ and Kurent JE (Eds) A CLINICIAN’S GUIDE TO PALLIATIVE CARE Blackwell Science, 2003. 193 pp. ISBN 0 632-04642-2
Terkel S. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? Reflections on Death and Dignity 2001, 407pp Ballantine Books, ISBN 0345 451 201
Thomas K, Colin-Thome D, Maher J. Caring for the Dying at Home: Companions on the Journey. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003.
Twycross R, Jenns K, Todd J (Eds). LYMPHOEDEMA Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000
Twycross, R, Wilcock A, Charlesworth S, Dickman - APC F2. PALLIATIVE CARE FORMULARY. Second Edition. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. 388 pp
ISBN 1857755111

Twycross  R, Wilcock A. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT IN ADVANCED CANCER. 3rd Edition. Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001. 415 pp. ISBN: 1857755103

Vafiadis P. MUTUAL CARE IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE: A Story of Doctors and Patients. McGraw-Hill 2001
Villanueva L, Dickenson AH, Ollat H. The Pain System in Normal and Pathological States: A Primer for Clinicians. Vol 31.
Seattle: IASP Press, 2004
Voltz R, Bernat JL, Borasio GD, Maddocks I, Oliver D, Portenoy RK (Eds). PALLIATIVE CARE IN NEUROLOGY.
Oxford University Press, 2004

Walton T.  Kindnesses: A Journey through the Seasons of Grief. Rosalie Ink Publications; 2002.

Watson, M, Lucas, C, Hoy, A, and Back, I. Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care.
Oxford University Press, 2005
0-19-850897-2
Webb P (ed) ETHICAL ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE: Reflections and Considerations. Hochland and Hochland, 2000 ISBN 1898507279 138 pp
Woodruff R. Palliative Medicine: Evidence-based Symptomatic and Supportive Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer. 4th Edition. 432 pages
Oxford University Press, 2004
Worswick J. A HOUSE CALLED HELEN: The Development of Hospice Care for
Children
2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Yarbro CH, Frogge MH. (Eds.) Cancer Symptom Management: Patient Self-Care Guides
(Book with CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh) Publisher: Jones & Bartlett ISBN: 0763711675
Zylicz Z; Twycross R and Jones E A. Pruritus in Advanced Disease
Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN: 0198525109

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