Hospice and Palliative Care

Part 1 Principles of interdisciplinary work in hospice and palliative care: multidisciplinary working, Tom West; team building, Linda Jackson; tackling total pain, Mary Baines. Part 2 Challenges to the whole team: motor neurone disease, Betty O'Gorman; the 24 hours before and after death, Tony O'Brien; "Intractable" symptoms, Bridget Wood; the team splitter, Helen Channon; staff exhaustion in home care, Barbara Saunders; the difficult family, Alison Virdee; supporting children facing bereavement, Barbara Monroe; having no answer, Leonard Lunn; confusion and sedation, Marie Murphy; requests for euthanasia, Cicely Saunders; other ethical dilemmas, Margaret Harris.