GENERAL TEXTS

Addington-Hall J, Higginson I (eds). Palliative Care for Non-cancer Patients. OUP, Oxford, 2001.

[Considers the care needs and service provision for a wide range of patients with terminal disease due to non-cancer conditions, including neurodegenerative disease, stroke and dementia.]

Ahmedzai SH, Muers MF (eds). Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease. OUP, Oxford, 2005.

[A recent publication that highlights the value of a palliation approach to management of another specialty area.]

Carver AC, Foley KM (eds). Palliative Care. Neurologic Clinics 2001; 19(4): 789–1044, published by WB Saunders, Philadelphia.

[A more selective text, addressing care for ALS, Huntington's, dementia, brain tumours and stroke, with reference to general management and ethical issues.]

Doyle D, Hanks GWC, Macdonald N (eds). Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. OUP, Oxford, 1999.

[A comprehensive and authoritative reference for the management of terminal illness, but with a particular emphasis on advanced cancer.]

Kite S, O'Doherty C. Palliative care. In: Raj GS, Mulley GP (eds). Elderly Medicine: A Training Guide. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

[Discusses the palliative care approach to meeting the needs of the geriatric population.]

Samuels MA (ed.). Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics, 7th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2004.

[A didactic tightly-packed pocket book detailing management of neurological diseases, likely to prove of value to non-neurologists who wish to know what has gone before in the experience of individuals approach end-of-life care.]

Voltz R, Bernat JL, Borasio GD, Maddocks I, Oliver D, Portney RK (eds). Palliative Care in Neurology. OUP, Oxford, 2004.