Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 - The Prognostication of Survival -- Part I - The Management of Symptoms Common among Dying Patients -- Chapter 2 - General Symptoms of Dying Patients -- Chapter 3 - Other Problems of Patients with Cancer -- Chapter 4 - Other Problems of Patients with Nonmalignant Diseases -- Chapter 5 - Palliative Surgery -- Part I I - The Management of Pain -- Chapter 6 - An Overview of Pain Management -- Chapter 7 - Opioids -- Chapter 8 - Adjuvant Analgesic Drugs -- Chapter 9 - Complications of Pharmacologic Therapy -- Chapter 10 - Bone Pain -- Chapter 11 - Surgery and Other Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Manage Pain -- Part I I I - The Management of Symptoms during the Last Few Days -- Chapter 12 - The Final Moments -- Chapter 13 - Issues concerning the Sustaining of Life -- References -- Index.