Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

vii

 

Acknowledgments

xi

 

About the Authors

xiii

Chapter 1

The Nature of Suffering and Palliative Care   Mary K. Kazanowski and Kathleen Ouimet Perrin

1

Chapter 2

Suffering in Special Populations   Mertie L. Potter

25

Chapter 3

Grieving and Suffering   Mertie L Potter

53

Chapter 4

Ethical Responsibilities and Issues in Palliative Care   Kathleen Ouimet Perrin

77

Chapter 5

Suffering and Palliative Care at the End of Life   Mary K. Kazanowski

119

Chapter 6

Acute and Chronic Pain as Sources of Suffering   Caryn A. Sheehan

161

Chapter 7

Spirituality and Suffering   Mertie L. Potter, Sylvia M. Burette, and Mary K. Kazanowski

187

Chapter 8

The Search for Meaning in Suffering   Kathleen Ouitnet Perrin

219

Chapter 9

The Nurse as Witness to Suffering   Kathleen Ouitnet Perrin

247

Chapter 10

The Role of Healing and Holistic Nursing in Palliation of Suffering   Maureen M. Gaynor, Mary K. Kazanowski, and Mertie L. Potter

277

Chapter 11

Conveying Comfort   Kathleen Ouimet Perrin

301

Chapter 12

Inspiring Hope   Caryn A. Sheehan

327

 

Index

349