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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

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-Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. First we have Michael Kearney, who’s a palliative and hospice doctor at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and author of several books. Canadians are welcoming.

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Springer Publishing Honored with Seven AJN Book of the Year Awards for 2024

Daily Nurse

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) has awarded Springer Publishing with seven Book of the Year Awards for 2024, showcasing the company’s exceptional quality and the impact of its resources in advancing the nursing industry. Curley, PhD, RN, Barbara A. Niedz, PhD, RN, CPHQ, and Alyssa Erikson, PhD, MSN, RN. Fourth edition.

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Images of the Dying: A Podcast with Wendy MacNaughton, Lingsheng Li, and Frank Ostaseski

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Our focus today, however, was on her most recently published book titled How to Say Goodby e. This beautiful book began as a very personal project for Wendy while she was the artist-in-residence at Zen Hospice. First you have to be a volunteer and see what it’s like to be present at the bedside. She has a TED talk.

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Springer Publishing Earns 8 AJN Book of the Year Awards for 2023

Daily Nurse

Eight Springer Publishing titles won the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards for 2023 , with two first-place, four second-place, and two third-place titles. This book is clear, warm, and encouraging. This is the book’s third edition, and it feels up-to-date and thorough without being overwhelming.

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Former Mercy Health CEO: U.S. Needs to Embrace ‘Death Literacy’

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This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. There’s a lot of psychological research about the reasons for that fear of death that I cover in my book. The remedy to this is really education and reflection.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. Eric: Well, I’m going to jump around a little bit because I’m going to go, Brad, I had a chance to read some of your book and one of the chapters was on your own prostate cancer diagnosis.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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But wait, before you throw out that equianalgesic table, we also invited Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD extraordinaire who published this amazing book, Demystifying Opioid Conversions , 2nd Ed., Until the second edition of my book, that is. Drew: She updated an equianalgesic table and published that in the second edition of her book.

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