CHAPTER 4. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING Crystal Dea Moore Advance care planning is a collaborative process among patients, family members, and health care professionals whereby patients clarify…
CHAPTER 6. SPIRITUAL CARE ACROSS CULTURES Charles Kemp The purpose of palliative care is to relieve suffering in all dimensions of human life. Stated with greater precision, the purpose of…
CHAPTER 2. PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE PERSPECTIVES Mellar P. Davis and Kim K. Kuebler CURRENT TRENDS The April 21, 2005, cover story from USA Today touted that the “U.S. is…
CHAPTER 5. ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING ADVANCED DISEASE Agnes Coveney The most painful sight we ever confront is that of beauty yielding to impermanence. – Arthur Frank, At the Will of…
CHAPTER 3. THE DYING PROCESS The author would like to acknowledge Patricia H. Berry, Julie Griffie, and Kate Ford Roberts for their contributions that remain unchanged from the first edition…
