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As our population ages and as more individuals live longer with terminal illness, nurses—no matter their practice specialty or setting—will be faced with end-of-life patients. This text offers information on all aspects of palliative care—from advanced directives to zoster in terminal illness—covered alphabetically in this new compendium. Palliative Practices A-Z for the Bedside Clinician contains entries from a wide range of healthcare professionals—with information on management guidelines, medication recommendations, and typical physiological symptoms suffered by end-of-life patients including agitation, depression, edema, and fever. Editors Kim Kuebler and Peg Esper have also compiled details on emotional and sometimes complicated issues such as funeral planning, family communication, terminal sedation, and insurance.