Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture and spirituality as domains of quality palliative care / Deborah Witt Sherman -- Holistic integrative therapies in palliative care / Carla Mariano -- Sexual health and intimacy / Marianne Matzo -- Societal perspectives regarding palliative care / Marilyn Bookbinder & Marlene McHugh -- The nurse's role in interdisciplinary and palliative care / Lisa M. Krammer ... [et al.] -- Development of the specialty of hospice and palliative care nursing / Judy Lentz & Deborah Witt Sherman -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Judith Kennedy Schwartz & Anita J. Tarzian -- Legal aspects of decision making in palliative care / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Communicating with seriously ill and dying patients, their families, and their health care providers / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Family caregivers / Kay Blum -- Loss, suffering, grief, and bereavement / Mertie L. Potter --

Cancer / Amy E. Guthrie & Polly Mazanec -- End-stage heart disease / Judith B. Dyne -- Chronic lung disease / Mary Brennan -- Neurological disorders / Christine R. Kovach & Sheila Reynolds -- End-stage renal disease / Lynn Roland -- End-stage liver disease / Robert B. Davis -- Palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS / Deborah Witt Sherman -- Pain assessment and pharmacological/nonpharmacological interventions / Nessa Coyle & Mary Layman-Goldstein -- Dyspnea / Cindy R. Balkstra -- Anxiety, depression, and delirium / Constance M. Dahlin -- Gastrointestinal symptoms / Pamala D. Larsen & Laura Mallett -- Fatigue and weakness evaluation and management / Marianne Matzo, Patsy R. Smith & Deborah Witt Sherman -- Skin care needs of palliative patients / Elizabeth A. Ayello, R. Gary Sibbald & Kevin Y. Woo -- Peri-death nursing care / Marianne Matzo & Jane A. Hill.