Palliative Care Formulary 3rd edition

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With global sales approaching 100 000 copies, the Palliative Care Formulary is established as a comprehensive compendium of essential therapeutic information about drugs commonly used in palliative care. No other publication embraces the range and depth of information contained in the PCF. It is indispensable for all doctors, nurses and pharmacists who provide palliative care, and Trust formulary committees. It is an essential resource for all departments and centres caring for patients with cancer or other progressive end-stage disease.
This expanded third edition incorporates numerous important updates and new data, bringing together a wealth of important information about drugs commonly used in palliative care and about drugs for use in special circumstances by, or in conjunction with, a specialist in palliative care. It highlights drugs given for unlicensed indications or by unlicensed routes and deals comprehensively with the administration of multiple drugs by continuous subcutaneous infusion.

'Just occasionally you pick up a book which makes you wonder how you ever managed without it. PCF is one of those happy occasions.'
Palliative Medicine

'Accessible, clear and extremely well referenced, the PCF is a succinct pharmacological text for palliative care physicians and nurses.'
Hospice Bulletin

'First class. Highly recommended.'
International Association for Hospice and palliative Care

'A must.'
Hospital Doctor

Author: Robert Twycross, Andrew Wilcock (Editors-in-Chief)

ISBN: 978-0-9552547-1-0

Price: £40.00