Palliative Care Formulary

Book Description:

Designed for palliative care specialists, pharmacists and oncologists, this is a comprehensive compendium of essential therapeutic information. This expanded edition incorporates numerous updates and more data, bringing together 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. It should be most valuable for specialists in palliative care, specialist nurses, pharmacists, specialist registrars and Trust formulary committees, and is a useful resource for all oncology departments and centres.