This text considers the concepts of cancer pain, palliative care and supportive care, leading the reader on an evolutionary journey parallel to changes in these disciplines. It highlights new research in these fields, reflecting the link between clinical activity, primordial intuitions, and scientific data.

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Part One: General Aspects of Palliative Medicine
  • Chapter One
  • Chapter Two
  • Chapter Three
  • Chapter Four
  • Chapter Five
  • Chapter Six
• Part Two: Pain
  • Chapter Seven
  • Chapter Eight
  • Chapter Nine
  • Chapter Ten
  • Chapter Eleven
  • Chapter Twelve
  • Chapter Thirteen
  • Chapter Fourteen
  • Chapter Fifteen
  • Chapter Sixteen
  • Chapter Seventeen
  • Chapter Eighteen
  • Chapter Nineteen
  • Chapter Nineteen A
  • Chapter Nineteen B
  • Chapter Nineteen C
  • Chapter Nineteen D
  • Chapter Twenty
• Part Three: Symptoms
  • Chapter Twenty-One
  • Chapter Twenty-One A
  • Chapter Twenty-One B
  • Chapter Twenty-One C
  • Chapter Twenty-Two
  • Chapter Twenty-Two A
  • Chapter Twenty-Two B
  • Chapter Twenty-Two C
  • Chapter Twenty-Two D
  • Chapter Twenty-Two E
  • Chapter Twenty-Two F
  • Chapter Twenty-Three
  • Chapter Twenty-Three A
  • Chapter Twenty-Three B
  • Chapter Twenty-Three C
  • Chapter Twenty-Three D
  • Chapter Twenty-Three E
  • Chapter Twenty-Three F
  • Chapter Twenty-Three G
  • Chapter Twenty-Three H
  • Chapter Twenty-Three I
  • Chapter Twenty-Three J
  • Chapter Twenty-Three K
  • Chapter Twenty-Three L
  • Chapter Twenty-Four
  • Chapter Twenty-Four A
  • Chapter Twenty-Four B
  • Chapter Twenty-Four C
  • Chapter Twenty-Four D
  • Chapter Twenty-Four E
  • Chapter Twenty-Five
  • Chapter Twenty-Five A
  • Chapter Twenty-Five B
  • Chapter Twenty-Five C
  • Chapter Twenty-Five D
  • Chapter Twenty-Five E
  • Chapter Twenty-Five F
  • Chapter Twenty-Five G
  • Chapter Twenty-Five H
  • Chapter Twenty-Six