Pursuit of Life

Robert Fine, MD, MACP, FAAHPM, HEC-C, is the Director of Clinical Ethics and Supportive Palliative Care at Baylor Scott and White Health. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, teaches, and publishes widely in ethics and palliative care with a particular focus on medical futility. Jack Levison, PhD, holds the W. J. A. Power Chair of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He is the author of many books, including most recently A Boundless God: The Spirit According to the Old Testament and The Holy Spirit Before Christianity.

• Foreword, Diane E. MeierAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Robert Fine and Jack LevisonPalliative Care: Personal Memoirs 1. Evolution of Palliative Nursing: Art, Science, and Collaboration, Constance Dahlin2. The Challenge of Bringing Palliative Medicine and Person-Centered Care to Large Hospitals and Universities, Eduardo Bruera3. The Evolutionary Relationship of Oncology andPalliative Care: A Personal Journey, Neil MacDonald4. Palliative Medicine: A Personal Journey, Declan WalshPalliative Care: Pain and Suffering5. Time to Death: Chronos, Kairos, and the “Longest Distance Between Two Poles,” Joseph J. Fins6. Teaching Clinicians to Read: How Narrative Medicine Prepares Clinicians for Palliative Care, Kathryn B. Kirkland7. Sophocles, Hospice, and the Call of the Body, Joseph CalandrinoPalliative Care: Essential Issues8. What Is Autonomy and What Is It Good For?, Daniel P. Sulmasy9. Human Flourishing and Palliative Care: Autonomy, Mortality, and Rationality, Robin W. Lovin10. The Robin Hood of Opioids: Palliative Care in the Underdeveloped World, James Cleary11. Overcoming the Devastation Caused by Cultivated Ignorance About Pain and Opioid Addiction, Constantino Benedetti12. Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care: An Integral Look into the Future of Our End, Dominique J. MonlezunPalliative Care: The Caregiver13. A Spiritual Environment of Caring, Courtenay R. Bruce, Stacy L. Auld, and Charles R. Millikan14. Preparing Spiritual Caregivers: Personal Reflections, Practical Advice, and Helpful Programs, W. Andrew Achenbaum15. Palliative Care: A Chaplain’s Perspective, Bettie Jo Tennon Hightower16. Lucia’s Dream: A Holistic Approach to Adolescents with Cancer, Tullio Proserpio, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Giovanna Sironi, and Andrea FerrariAppendixThe Marialuisa Lectureship for Life: A Brief Introduction, Mauro Ferrari

“The authors have done an extraordinary job of walking readers through the history of palliative care and showing the current and potential future of the profession.”—Doody's Review Service