CLINICAL TEXTBOOK OF PALLIATIVE CARE

By Valcrest Publications

Serious illness requires more than disease-focused treatment-it requires thoughtful assessment, effective symptom control, clear communication, ethical decision-making, and care that respects the individual behind the diagnosis. Clinical Textbook of Palliative Care provides a comprehensive clinical foundation for understanding these essential dimensions of palliative practice. The book covers the principles and philosophy of palliative care, models of service delivery, multidisciplinary teamwork, holistic assessment, prognosis and clinical reasoning, goals of care, pain and symptom management, communication, family and caregiver support, psychological and spiritual care, ethics, cancer and non-cancer conditions, geriatric and paediatric care, end-of-life support, bereavement, research, education, and emerging models of practice. Its content is specifically structured to support university students, healthcare students, educators, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals seeking a practical and academically organised reference.
What distinguishes this textbook is its whole-person clinical framework. Rather than treating palliative care as simply pain relief or end-of-life treatment, it connects physical symptoms with psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, ethical, and family considerations. Readers gain a structured way to understand assessment tools such as ESAS, functional assessment approaches including KPS and PPS, psychological screening, social assessment, and spiritual assessment, while also developing an understanding of communication, shared decision-making, multidisciplinary care, and continuity across healthcare settings. The textbook also moves beyond traditional cancer-focused perspectives to address heart failure, chronic respiratory disease, kidney disease, neurological conditions, dementia, frailty, paediatric illness, and other serious conditions. This makes it a useful learning and professional reference for readers who want to understand not only what palliative care involves, but how its principles are applied across different patients, conditions, and care environments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDZM1N1H
• ISBN13: 9798192287217
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.9" x 8.5"