Book review 'Handbook of Palliative Care' (2014)

In this handbook, Faull, Caestecker, Nicholoson, and Black have brought together specialists from the UK and Canada whom have put together an impressive body of work in the Handbook for Palliative Care. The authors state that their main aim is to provide knowledge that is informative and practical to support health care professionals in every setting and to provide medical professionals with evidence-based knowledge of how to treat those at the end of their lives.
The book has 24 chapters with topics covering a variety of diseases, providing care to different types of people, and other aspects such as spirituality, communication, and ethical issues. Most of the chapters provide evidence-based knowledge, outline practical approaches to end-of-life care, and provide further resources and details of organizations that may assist the provider, patients, and their families. Each chapter has the potential to advance the health care professionals knowledge of palliative care.