Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the En. Matzo, Sherman**

Springer Publishing Co Inc

Palliative Care NursingQuality Care to the End of Life\nAuthor(s): Marianne Matzo, Deborah Witt Sherman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780826127129, 978-0826127129\nSynopsis\nThis 5th edition is an important achievement; it is a symbol of commitment to the field of palliative nursing, where we have been and where we are going.\n\n- Betty Rolling Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN\n\nFrom the Foreword\n\nThe aging population has only grown since the first edition of this comprehensive and seminal publication nearly 20 years ago. Based on the need to humanize rather than medicalize the illness experience for patients, this text delves into palliative care beyond the specific diseases affecting the patient. Instead, content focuses on the whole person and family.\n\nPalliative patients struggle with chronic, debilitating, and painful conditions, and grapple with the fact that life as they knew it hak