Hospice and Palliative Care Formulary USA - Softcover

The Hospice and Palliative Care Formulary USA is a comprehensive compendium which brings together a wealth of essential therapeutic information about drugs commonly used in hospice and palliative care. This expanded second edition incorporates numerous updates, important new information, and many new topics. This book highlights drugs given for off-label indications or routes, and deals comprehensively with the administration of multiple drugs by continuous subcutaneous infusion. It is unparalleled in the range and depth of information it contains and an essential resource for oncologists and other specialists who care for patients with advanced cancer or other end-stage disease.

Robert Twycross is Emeritus Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University, UK, and former Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care. He is a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Association for Palliative Medicine (UK) and the European Association for Palliative Care. He has taught in numerous countries, including the USA, Canada, Argentina, Poland, and India. Andrew Wilcock is Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine and Medical Oncology, Nottingham University; and Consultant Physician, Hayward House, Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Unit, Nottingham City Hospital, UK. He is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute Palliative Care Studies Group and breathlessness and cachexia subgroups. He is also palliative care prescribing advisor to the British National Formulary, and a member of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Lung Cancer Guidelines Development Group (UK).