318 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Anorexia-cachexia syndrome / Paul Walker and Eduardo Bruera -- Anxiety and depression / Neil MacDonald and Anna Towers -- Asthenia / Paul Walker [and others] -- Bowel obstruction / Balfour M. Mount -- Cognitive impairment / Jacqueline Fraser -- Constipation / Neil MacDonald -- Cough / Neil Hagen -- Pressure sores / Laurie Anne O'Brien [and others] -- Dehydration / Robin Fainsinger -- Dyspnea / Deborah Dudgeon -- Genitourinary symptoms / James McGregor -- Lymphoedema / Anna Towers -- Mouth care / Marcel Boisvert [and others] -- Mulifocal myoclonus / Neil Hagen -- Nausea and vomiting / Claude Lamontagne --Management of cancer pain / Neil MacDonald -- Bone pain / Michael S. Harlos and Deborah Dudgeon -- Neuropathic pain / Neil Hagen -- Visceral pain / Raymond A. Viola and John F. Scott -- Sleep disorders / Srini Chary -- Communications in terminal illness / Balfour M. Mount -- Impact of cultural differences in care of the terminally ill / Jane Poulson -- An approach to ethical issues / Pauline Lesage and Elizabeth Latimer -- Grief and bereavement / Fred Burge -- Home care of dying patients / Ina Cummings -- The social impact of illness / Deborah Dudgeon -- Meeting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients / Jane Poulson

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