Onco-Palliative Care Essentials

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Oncology**

Onco-Palliative Care Essentials gives insight into the much-needed specialty to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. With a strong focus on the fundamental essentials of onco-palliative care, this book covers real-life cases with challenging cultural, existential, and social aspects.

This book introduces the field of onco-palliative care to the reader, focusing on managing complex aspects associated with cancer and its treatment. It also helps the reader regarding approaches for “end of life care and discussion.” This book concludes with challenging care scenarios.

Onco-Palliative Care Essentials is a very useful reference for all who are involved in cancer and palliative care, as well as those who care for cancer and terminally ill patients.

• Introduces the specialty of onco-palliative care
• Explains the concept of providing palliative and support care focusing exclusively on cancer patients
• Gives insights on how to diagnose and manage emergencies in palliative care
• Digs into the differences involved in the legal and ethical practices with respect to the cultural and social diversities