Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life / edited by Marianne Matzo and Deborah Witt Sherman

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Legal aspects of palliative care and advance care planning / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Culture and spirituality as domains of palliative care / Deborah Witt Sherman, David Free -- Sexual health and intimacy / Marianne Matzo -- Family caregivers / Deborah Witt Sherman, JooYoung Cheon, Deborah Witt Sherman -- Communicating with seriously ill and dying patients, their families, and their health care providers / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Health promotion and rehabilitation in palliative care / John P. Rosenberg, Kathrine Hammill -- Loss, suffering, grief, and bereavement / Mertie L. Potter, Brendan Wynne -- Holistic integrative therapies / Carla Mariano -- Cancer / Amy E. Guthrie -- End stage heart disease / Judith B. Dyne -- Chronic lung disease / Mary Brennan -- Dementia neurodegenerative illness : stroke, coma, and brain death / Christine Kovach, Sheila Reynolds -- End stage renal disease / Lynn R. Noland -- End stage liver disease / Robert B. Davis -- HIV/AIDS / Carl Kirton, Anna Krakowski, Deborah Witt Sherman -- Pain / Nessa Coyle, Mary Layman-Goldstein, Leslie Hunter-Johnson -- Dyspnea / Cindy R. Balkstra -- Anxiety, depression, and delirium / Constance M. Dahlin -- PTSD / Kristin Sorocco, Kristi Bratkovich, JoAnne Whalen -- Gastrointestinal symptoms / Raymond R. Blush III, Pamala D. Larsen -- Fatigue / Marianne Matzo, Cameron Soltani -- Skin alterations / Elizabeth Ayello, R. Gary Sibbald, Kevin Y.

This fourth edition of a comprehensive text/reference that has been valued by students, educators, and practicing nurses for many years, Palliative Care Nursing continues to reflect the fundamental hospice and palliative care nursing competencies--both basic and advanced--that are essential for effective and empathetic care of patients and families. With a focus on inter-professional collaboration, the book emphasizes the value of complementary, holistic models in promoting health and wholeness across the illness trajectory, even as death approaches.