Please find below a list of useful palliative care textbooks and journals which will be of use to all staff who deliver palliative care as part of their role.
Textbooks
The Syringe Driver: Continuous subcutaneous infusions in palliative care.
Dickman, A, Schneider, J & Varda, J. (2005) Oxford University Press
Textbook of Palliative Medicine.
Doyle, D Hanks, G, Cherny, N & Calman, K (Eds) (2005). Oxford, Oxford University Press
Care of the Dying: A pathway to excellence
Ellershaw, J, Wilkinson, S and Saunders, C, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2003)
Pain Explained: A guide for patients and carers.
Gamlin R and Lovel, T. (2001) London, Altman Publications.
Fundamentals of Palliative Nursing.
Gamlin, R & Becker, R. (2004) London. Quay Books.
Palliative Nursing Bringing Comfort and Hope
Kinghorn, S.W. & Gamlin, R.D. (Eds) (2001) Edinburgh Bailliere Tindall
Palliative Care: the nursing role (2nd edition)
Lugton, J & McIntyre, R Eds (2005) Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone
Palliative Care Formulary, (2nd edition).
Twycross, Richard, Wilcock, A, Charelesworth S, Dickman, A (2002) Oxford, Radcliffe Medical Press
Oxford Handbook of Palliative Medicine.
Watson, M, Lucas, C, Hoy, A & Back, I. (Eds) (2005) Oxford. Oxford University Press.
Journals
International Journal of Palliative Nursing.
Palliative Medicine
Amazon website – will take you to the a section of the Amazon website displaying detailed information of all the palliative care textbooks they stock (currently 490)