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New eBook: The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing

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A new eBook has been added to the Library, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing. This text contains qualitative experience of those who suffer alongside the best available evidence for person-centered palliative nursing. This 2nd edition now contains revised tenets to support nurse well-being in professional practice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and new content on social determinants of health and increased visibility of marginalized populations across biopsychosocial domains to support whole-person care.

MSKCC contributors to the 2nd edition of The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing include Nessa Coyle, Dr. Elena Abascal, Dr. William E. Rosa, and Renee Wisniewski

New eBook: Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology

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Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology has been added to the Library’s collection. This text is a practical tool and reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues and symptoms. Content includes recent advances in translational palliative care research, site and disease-specific evaluation, intervention, and management methods, and major symptom burdens, suggested assessment, and various management options.

Information of symptoms and disease is presented in a way to be a rapid, practical guide for clinicians on the floor.