Includes bibliographical references and index.

Palliative care nursing / Anne M. Wilkinson, ... [et al.] -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for healthcare reform in the United States / Deborah Witt Sherman and Marilyn Bookbinder -- Interprofessional collaboration / Deborah Witt Sherman and Anne M. Wilkinson -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian -- Legal aspect of palliative care and advance care planning / Kathleen O. Perrin -- Culture and spirituality as domains of quality palliative care / Deborah Witt Sherman and David C. Free -- Intimacy and sexual health / Marianne Matzo -- Family caregivers / Deborah Witt Sherman -- Communicating with seriously ill and dying patients, their families, and their healthcare practitioners / Kathleen O. Perrin -- Health promotion and rehabilitation in palliative care / John P. Rosenberg and Kathrine Hammill -- Loss, grief, and bereavement / Mertie L. Potter and Brendan P. Wynne -- Holistic integrative therapies in palliative care / Carla Mariano -- Cancer / Maritza C. Alencar -- End-stage heart disease / Lucie B. Dlugasch -- Chronic lung disease / Mary M. Brennan -- Neurological disorders / Melody Hope Gallamore -- End-stage renal disease / Debra J. Hain -- End-stage liver disease / Lissi Hansern and Anna Sasaki -- Palliative care and HIV/AIDS / Patrick Kenny, ... [et al.] -- Pain : assessment and treatment using a multimodal approach / Rose Anne Indelicato and Mary Layman-Goldstein -- Dyspnea / Cynthia Reno Balkstra -- Anxiety, depression, and delirium / Nicole G. Loving and Constance M. Dahlin -- Posttraumatic stress disorder and end-of-life care / Kristen H. Sorocco and Kristi L. Bratkovich -- Gastrointestinal symptoms / Raymond R. Blush -- Fatigue / Marianne Matzo -- Minimizing skin alterations / Elizabeth A. Ayello and R. Gary Sibbald -- Peri-death nursing care / Marianne Matzo and Jane A. Hill.