The Library has recently purchased an ebook package from Oxford University Press. The collection,Oxford Scholarship Online Palliative Care, includes 71 palliative care related ebook titles.

Featured Book: MSK Staff Publication

Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care edited by David W. Kissane et al, 2010.

This book provides clinicians with practical and evidence-based guidelines to achieve effective, patient-centered communication in the areas of cancer and palliative care. It integrates empirical findings with clinical wisdom, draws on historical approaches and presents a state-of-the-art curriculum for applied communication skills training for the specialist oncologist, surgeon, nurse, and other multi-disciplinary team members involved in cancer care today.

All the Oxford’s Palliative Care ebook titles are accessible through the MSKsearch search box on the Library’s Website.

The Library has recently added the following ebooks to the collection:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriberby Marie Annette Brown (2012).

Cancer Management with Chinese Medicineby Rencun Yu & Hai Hong (2012).

Jatin Shah’s Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology by Jatin P. Shah. 4th ed. (2012).

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine by Derek Doyle. 4th ed. (2012).

All ebook titles are accessible through the MSksearch search box on the Library’s Website.

The Library has recently added Journal of Symptoms and Signs to the collections. It is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original articles, review articles and case reports related to all aspects of symptom control and treatment.

This journal covers the following topics:

• Epidemiology of signs and symptoms
• Symptoms to diagnosis
• Signs, symptoms and radiology
• Early symptoms and signs of diseases
• Signs and symptoms of adverse effects
• Symptom control in clinic or critical care setting
• Nursing research
• Hospice care

Journal of Symptoms and Signs calls for papers now. Submission due date is May 31, 2012. Submission is free of charge for the first three issues of 2012. More information on submission guidelines can be found here.

You can access the journal from here, or through the MSKsearch search box from the Library’s Website.