Living with Dying: The Management of Terminal Disease

This second edition incorporates the latest developments in the treatment of the terminally ill patient. It tackles the general ethical and medical principles in the care of the dying patient and considers the details of the control of pain and other symptoms, with the hope that doctors and other professionals will support the patient and his family by sharing the truth with them and empathizing with their emotional suffering. Written by internationally renowned authors, this book is an invaluable handbook for family doctors and health professionals and a compassionate source of information for the terminally ill and their relatives.Saunders, Cicely M. is the author of 'Living with Dying: The Management of Terminal Disease', published 1989 under ISBN 9780192618337 and ISBN 0192618334.