Dr Beth Hardy is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the University of York and a Queen's Nurse. Before entering academia, Beth was a District Nurse and her experiences of delivering end of life care in the community have fuelled a fascination in death and dying and in educational approaches to prepare student nurses for end of life care. Kate Flemming is an experienced academic and nurse, internationally known for her leading research and service innovation in palliative care nursing. Kate leads by example through her pioneering clinical leadership and research in Palliative Care within hospice and community settings. Kate splits her working time between the national charity Hospice UK, where she works as Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, and the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York where she is a Professor of Hospice Practice and Evidence Synthesis.
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Chapter 1: The changing face of palliative and end of life care Chapter 2: Person-centred and cultural considerations for care Chapter 3: The expected death Chapter 4: Living with progressive illness Chapter 5: Complexity in palliative and end of life care Chapter 6: Planning for the end of life Chapter 7: Families and Carers Chapter 8: Research and evidence-based practice in palliative and end of life care