A basic introduction to supportive and palliative care: Supportive and Palliative Care in Cancer. An Introduction By Claud Regnard and Margaret Kindlen Published by Radcliff Medical Press, Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom, 2002 193 pages, $27.00 (softcover)

Abstract

Supportive and Palliative Care in Cancer is an introductory book written in response to the Calman-Hine report and National Health Service (NHS) Cancer Plan recommendations in the United Kingdom (UK). The recommendations included the improvement of care through a supportive and palliative care strategy providing guidance and services through a variety of NHS functions. Claud Regnard and Margaret Kindlen, both from St. Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, have written Supportive and Palliative Care in Cancer to provide a common core of information for health care workers entering this rapidly expanding sector of clinical services. They have succeeded only partially in achieving their goal. Supportive and Palliative Care in Cancer is a softcover text of 193 pages composed of five