Dr. Roger Woodruff, our IAHPC Book Reviews Editor, is taking a break this month. In his absence, we’re presenting a retrospective look at a few of the books Roger selected as ‘Palliative Care Book of the Month’ last year.
Links to the full online reviews are given so that you can browse your favorites from that year, and new readers can catch up with more of Roger’s reviews.
We hope to welcome back Roger’s usual column of book reviews in the August edition of the newsletter.
Please note that prices were correct at the time the reviews were published.
Palliative Care Book of the Month January 2015
GERIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE
A practical guide for clinicians Chai, Meier, Morris and Goldhirsch (eds.)
Oxford University Press, 2014
606 pp
ISBN 978-0-19-538931-9
RRP $US79.99 £52.00
A Global Spiritual Sourcebook for Care at the End of Life Mark Lazenby, Ruth McCorkle and Daniel Sulmasy (eds.)
Oxford University Press, 2014
297 pp
ISBN 978-0-19-991463-0
RRP $US55.00 £33.50
Contemporary Perspectives, Institutions, and Practices. Judith M. Stillion and Thomas Attig (eds.)
Springer Publishing, 2014
414 pp
ISBN 978-0-8261-7141-2
RRP $US75.00 £59.50
Review copy supplied by Footprint Books.
Roger Woodruff, MD (Australia) Dr. Woodruff is a Lifetime Member of the IAHPC Board and Past Chair. His bio may be found here.
Note for authors and publishers: If you wish to have your book reviewed, please send to:
Dr Roger Woodruff IAHPC Bookshop Editor 210 Burgundy St, Suite 9 Heidelberg, Victoria 3084 AUSTRALIA
Note: Review copies become property of IAHPC and are not returned to the author. Only palliative care related books, which are previously approved, and which have an ISBN, will be reviewed. Due to the large number of requests, we can’t provide exact dates of when books will be reviewed.
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