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Editors: Howard S. Smith, MD
Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD
Assistant Editor: Pya Seidner, MEd
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The Art and Science of Palliative Medicine
(FIRST EDITION)
Contributors
EDITORS
Howard S. Smith
Albany, NY, USA
Julie G. Pilitsis
Albany, NY, USA
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Pya Seidner
Albany, NY, USA
AUTHORS
Salahadin Abdi
Department of Pain Medicine, The University of Texas,
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Susan Alexander
University of Western Sydney, Penrith NSW, Australia
Charles Bakhos
Division of thoracic surgery, Department of Surgery,
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, USA
Athanasios Bantis
Urology Department, University Hospital of
Alexandroupolis, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Costas S. Bizekis
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
Patricia A. Bomba
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Rochester, New York
14647, USA
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Michael R. Brodeur
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany,
New York 12208, USA
Abdul Qadir Brula
Albany Medical College, Department of Psychiatry and
Alzheimer¡¯s Disease Center, Albany Medical Center, MC
65, Albany NY 12208, USA
Guo-Hong Cai
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, K.
K. Leung Brain Research Centre, The Fourth Military
Medical University, Xi¡¯an 710032, China
Joannalee C. Campbell
Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany
Medical College, Albany NY 12208, USA
Amy Allen Case
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences, VA Western New York Healthcare
System, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Edward Chow
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto,
Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Centre, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
Lorraine R. Cox
Division of Palliative Medicine, Albany Medical College,
Albany, New York 12208, USA
Mellar P. Davis
Harry R Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, Division
of Solid Tumor, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, OH, USA
James de Courcy
Department of Pain Medicine, Cheltenham General
Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham GL53 7AN, UK
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