A comprehensive guide to the place of surgery and the surgeon in relation to palliative care. In particular, the chapters on psychological response and spirituality cover issues that are rarely touched on at any level on surgical training. However as a surgeon I found them highly relevant.

• 1. Introduction - is surgical palliative care a paradox? ; 2. Selection and preparation of patients for surgical palliation ; 3. The ethics of interventional care ; 4. The physiological response to surgical trauma ; 5. The psychological response to surgery ; 6. Spirituality and surgery ; 7. Interdisciplinary care ; 8. Quality of life issues in palliative surgery ; 9. Anaesthesia and peri-operative pain management ; 10. Symptom palliation of diseases of the head and neck (including dentistry) ; 11. The surgical relief of the symptomatic chest ; 12. Surgery for the control of symptoms in the abdomen ; 13. Symptom control in urological malignancy ; 14. Wound and reconstructive problems in advanced disease ; 15. Neurosurgical palliation ; 16. The role of the ophthalmologist in advanced disease ; 17. Perspectives from the developing world and diverse societies ; 18. Epilogue: a message to all surgeons

A comprehensive guide to the place of surgery and the surgeon in relation to palliative care. In particular, the chapters on psychological response and spirituality cover issues that are rarely touched on at any level on surgical training. However as a surgeon I found them highly relevant.

• 1. Introduction - is surgical palliative care a paradox? ; 2. Selection and preparation of patients for surgical palliation ; 3. The ethics of interventional care ; 4. The physiological response to surgical trauma ; 5. The psychological response to surgery ; 6. Spirituality and surgery ; 7. Interdisciplinary care ; 8. Quality of life issues in palliative surgery ; 9. Anaesthesia and peri-operative pain management ; 10. Symptom palliation of diseases of the head and neck (including dentistry) ; 11. The surgical relief of the symptomatic chest ; 12. Surgery for the control of symptoms in the abdomen ; 13. Symptom control in urological malignancy ; 14. Wound and reconstructive problems in advanced disease ; 15. Neurosurgical palliation ; 16. The role of the ophthalmologist in advanced disease ; 17. Perspectives from the developing world and diverse societies ; 18. Epilogue: a message to all surgeons

A comprehensive guide to the place of surgery and the surgeon in relation to palliative care. In particular, the chapters on psychological response and spirituality cover issues that are rarely touched on at any level on surgical training. However as a surgeon I found them highly relevant.

• 1. Introduction - is surgical palliative care a paradox? ; 2. Selection and preparation of patients for surgical palliation ; 3. The ethics of interventional care ; 4. The physiological response to surgical trauma ; 5. The psychological response to surgery ; 6. Spirituality and surgery ; 7. Interdisciplinary care ; 8. Quality of life issues in palliative surgery ; 9. Anaesthesia and peri-operative pain management ; 10. Symptom palliation of diseases of the head and neck (including dentistry) ; 11. The surgical relief of the symptomatic chest ; 12. Surgery for the control of symptoms in the abdomen ; 13. Symptom control in urological malignancy ; 14. Wound and reconstructive problems in advanced disease ; 15. Neurosurgical palliation ; 16. The role of the ophthalmologist in advanced disease ; 17. Perspectives from the developing world and diverse societies ; 18. Epilogue: a message to all surgeons