Betty Ferrell

This is a definitive text on nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. It is a comprehensive work addressing all aspects of palliative care including physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. The text is written by leaders in the field and includes an impressive section on international palliative care. Each chapter includes case examples and a strong evidence base to support the highest quality of care.

The first volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Series, Structure and Processes of Care provides an overview of palliative nursing care, reviews National Consensus Project guidelines, and offers tools for initiating and maintaining palliative care programs.

This is a comprehensive resource that addresses all aspects of palliative care, providing advanced practice content and practical reference for clinical practice across all settings.

"Humans have long tried to understand - and explain - this fact of the human condition. The ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus, tells us in a tragedy he wrote in the 5th century BCE, Prometheus Bound, that Zeus punished the Titan, Prometheus, with lifelong suffering for having stolen fire and given it to humans.2 Before Prometheus's intervention, fire had only belonged to the gods. Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and sending an...