Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the art and science of palliative care nursing available. Dr. Betty Rolling Ferrell and Dr. Judith A. Paice have invited 162 nursing experts to contribute 76 chapters addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs pertinent to the successful palliative care team. This fifth edition features several new chapters, including chapters on advance care planning, organ donation, self-care, global palliative care, and the ethos of palliative nursing.


About the Author
Betty Rolling Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN is the Director and Professor of Nursing Research at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California.

Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Director of the Cancer Pain Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.