Introducing Palliative Care, Second Edition

by Robert G. Twycross

This book's foreword is by Sir Dennis Periera Gray, Chairman of the Trustees, Nuffield Trust. It is published in association with the Nuffield Trust. 'John Fry, 1922-1994, was essentially a dedicated, single-handed GP, whatever the changing trends in general practice of the last half century. His was in the traditional mould of one-to-one caring for patients, not sharing responsibilities. Yet, it was through sharing the intelligence of his single-minded doctoring that he helped transform this vast field of medicine.' - Max Blythe, in the Preface.

Genres: Medical

296 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Robert Geoffrey Twycross was a British physician and writer. He was a pioneer of the hospice movement during the 1970s, when he helped palliative care gain recognition as an accepted field of modern medicine.

Reviews

[Nisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lent to me by the consultant physician whose team I shadowed for a week, it was my reading material through the attachment. The first two chapters were very helpful for me to gain a basic understanding of what palliative care really is, while the rest are still medical mumbo-jumbo to me now. Well, at least now I know the difference between opioids, NSAIDs, and adjuvants.

ps palliative means having the properties of a cloak.