Drugs in Palliative Care

While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medication driven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care. Prescribing in palliative care can be extremely complex because the patient may often have comorbidity, or occasionally multimorbidity. The associated polypharmacy further complicates the pharmacological management of symptoms being caused by the palliative condition. This can be daunting for healthcare professionals and can negatively impact upon the effectiveness of care provided.

Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Drugs in Palliative Care provides an accessible and succinct overview of the main drugs that are encountered in palliative care clinical practice. The text begins by providing a clinical pharmacology overview and prescribing guidance, then contains over 160 monographs of palliative care drugs, in an easy to access A-Z format.

Author: Andrew Dickman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/13/2023
Pages: 752
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 7.06h x 4.04w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780198746409
ISBN10: 0198746407
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Pharmacology
- Medical | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medical | Pharmacy

About the Author

Andrew Dickman, Consultant Pharmacist, Palliative Care, Academic Palliative and End of Life Care Centre, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

Dr Andrew Dickman is the Consultant Pharmacist for Palliative Care at the Academic Palliative and End of Life Care Centre, Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He is an honorary Fellow at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University.
He has been recently designated as a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for his distinction in the Profession of Pharmacy. As well as numerous papers, Dr Dickman has authored two essential palliative care textbooks, both being highly commended by the BMA.