Includes bibliographical references and index.

Palliative care for people with HIV infection and aids / Surinder Singh and Nick Theobald -- Palliative care for children / Hal Siden and Camara Van Breeman -- Palliative care for adolescents and young adults / Daniel Kelly, Victoria Lidstone, and Jo Griffiths -- Palliative care in advanced dementia / Rachael Dixon -- Palliative care in advanced heart disease / Ryan Liebscher and Fraser Black -- Palliative care in advanced renal disease / Deb Braithwaite -- Pressure area care and the management of fungating wounds / Mary Walding -- Terminal care and dying / Christina Faull and Alex Nicholson -- The syringe driver and medicines management in palliative care / Christine Hirsch and Maria McKenna -- Complementary approaches to palliative cancer care / Elizabeth Thompson and Catherine Zollman -- Spirituality in palliative care / Megory Anderson.

What is palliative care? / Christina Faull -- Palliative primary care / Dan Munday and Roger Charlton -- User voices in palliative care / Neil Small -- Choice, equality, and diversity / Aziz Sheikh, Liz Grant, and Joanna Dunn -- Ethical issues in palliative care / Sharon deCaestecker -- Communication skills in palliative care / Sharon deCaestecker -- Adapting to death, dying, and bereavement / Christina Faull and Sue Taplin -- Advance care planning / Richard Wong -- Pain and it's management / Alex Nicholson -- The management of gastrointestinal symptoms and advanced liver disease / Christina Faull, Andrew Chilton, and Wendy Prentice -- The management of respiratory symptoms and advanced COPD / Christine Jones -- Managing complications of cancer / Rachael Barton, Mandy Whittingham, and Debbie Allanson -- Palliative care for people with progressive neurological disorders / David Oliver --