The new edition of this acclaimed book comprehensively updates its timely advocacy of the need for good quality palliative care, today more necessary than ever.

There is a global public debate going on about care for the elderly and the dying, and what is meant by good quality palliative care. This book begins with the

Providing much-needed focus on hospice projects in the context of unprecedented rates of societal ageing, this new reference book presents an overview of major

There is a global public debate going on about care for the elderly and the dying, and what is meant by good quality palliative care. This book begins with the

"A Collection of essays and reflections, Cicely Saunders explores a deep and enduring preoccupation: the relationship between personal biography, the spiritual