Description

• Defines dying as a normal, healthy process aided by the support of an interdisciplinary team.
• Provides in-depth pathophysiology, assessment, and intervention information based upon the disease trajectory.
• Highlights opportunities for patient and family teaching.
• Describes psychosocial issues experienced by patients and their families.
• Reviews uncomplicated and complicated grief and mourning, providing suggestions to help the family after a patient's death.
• Includes case studies at the end of chapters to reinforce key concepts of compassionate care.

• New chapters including Advance Care Planning, Ethical Issues, Spiritual Care Across Cultures, Pharmacology, Sleep, and Nutrition.
• Includes a new appendix on Assessment Tools and Resources for more comprehensive coverage of palliative and end-of-life care.