Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Palliative Care. Personal Memoirs
7. 1 Evolution of Palliative Nursing: Art, Science, and Collaboration 11
8. 2 The Challenge of Bringing Palliative Medicine and Person-Centered Care to Large Hospitals and Universities 38
9. 3 The Evolutionary Relationship of Oncology and Palliative Care: A Personal Journey 47
10. 4 Palliative Medicine: A Personal Journey 56
11. Palliative Care Pain and Suffering
12. 5 Time to Death: Chronos, Kairos, and the “Longest Distance Between Two Poles” 83
13. 6 Teaching Clinicians to Read: How Narrative Medicine Prepares Clinicians for Palliative Care 103
14. 7 Sophocles, Hospice, and the Call of the Body 115
15. Palliative Care Essential Issues
16. 8 What Is Autonomy and What Is It Good For? 129
17. 9 Human Flourishing and Palliative Care: Autonomy, Mortality, and Rationality 142
18. 10 The Robin Hood of Opioids: Palliative Care in the Underdeveloped World 155
19. 11 Overcoming the Devastation Caused by Cultivated Ignorance About Pain and Opioid Addiction 164
20. 12 Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care: An Integral Look into the Future of Our End 184
21. Palliative Care The Caregiver
22. 13 A Spiritual Environment of Caring 195
23. 14 Preparing Spiritual Caregivers: Personal Reflections, Practical Advice, and Helpful Programs 209
24. 15 Palliative Care: A Chaplain’s Perspective 220
25. 16 Lucia’s Dream: A Holistic Approach to Adolescents with Cancer 231
26. Appendix
27. The Marialuisa Lectureship for Life: A Brief Introduction 251
28. Contributors 259