Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life by Ph.D. Matzo, Marianne Laporte

This book provides essential information on best practices for quality care at the end of life. It is organized around the 15 competencies in palliative care developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The book offers a blend of holistic humanistic caring with aggressive management of pain and symptoms. Comprehensive clinical content is combined with curriculum guidelines for educators. This book is for students and educators at all levels of nursing education, and practicing nurses working with the terminally ill.