TY - JOUR T1 - Why Palliative Care? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 809 LP - 809 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X342705 VL - 58 IS - 556 AU - Ann Richardson Y1 - 2008/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/556/809.abstract N2 - From Life in a Hospice: reflections on caring for the dying by Ann Richardson. Published by Radcliffe Publishing at £19.95. (ISBN 9781846192432). Highly Commended in the Medicine section of the 2008 BMA Book Awards.‘It's a fascinating line of work — in a truly humanistic way, you really feel you do achieve something. And every person with a life-threatening illness presents a new challenge. I end up by seeing the more difficult ones, the ones with complex pain. Lots of psychological … ER -