Palliative Care Formulary

Covering all aspects of palliative care for the pharmacist, this guide includes advice on using licensed drugs for unlicensed purposes, specific drugs and their names, and specialist prescribing for particular disorders, analgesics and infections.

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The Palliative Care Formulary is established as the comprehensive compendium of essential therapeutic information for palliative care specialists pharmacists and oncologists. This expanded new edition incorporates numerous important updates and new data bringing together a wealth of 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. No other publication embraces the range and depth of information contained in the PCF. It is indispensable for all specialists in palliative care specialist nurses pharmacists specialist registrars and trust formulary committees and is an essential resource for all oncology departments and centres.