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Advance care planning is essential to assure that palliative and end of life care is based on a patient’s wishes. It provides an opportunity for individuals to contemplate what is important...

Advanced practice registered nurses have a unique skill set ideally suited to working with terminally ill patients receiving hospice services. Hospice advanced practice registered nurses...

The focus of this chapter is the intersection of advanced practice nursing, aoutpatient oncology, and palliative care. It opens with a review of relevant evidence and national directives to...

Primary care is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of...

The appropriateness of palliative care for older adults is evidenced by the demographic profile of older Americans as well as the data that speak to the efficacy and cost of care provided....

This chapter discusses the role of the advanced practice registered nurse in providing symptom management, psychosocial support, and collaborative decision-making support across the cancer...

This chapter defines anorexia and cachexia and discusses their relationship as a syndrome. As symptoms, they are often seen in most advanced stages of disease. The assessment of anorexia...

Anxiety is an inherent aspect of human existence. . Anxiety and chronic diseases are interchangeable in there causal relationship; exacerbating symptoms of depression, and depressive...

This chapter emphasizes grief and loss as universal experiences occurring across the life span. It illustrates, through case examples, that as illness advances patients and their families...