The 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. Meier

Acknowledgments

Introduction, Robert Fine and Jack Levison



Palliative Care: Personal Memoirs

1. Evolution of Palliative Nursing: Art, Science, and Collaboration, Constance Dahlin

2. The Challenge of Bringing Palliative Medicine and Person-Centered Care to Large Hospitals and Universities, Eduardo Bruera

3. The Evolutionary Relationship of Oncology and

Palliative Care: A Personal Journey, Neil MacDonald

4. Palliative Medicine: A Personal Journey, Declan Walsh



Palliative Care: Pain and Suffering

5. Time to Death: Chronos, Kairos, and the “Longest Distance Between Two Poles,” Joseph J. Fins

6. Teaching Clinicians to Read: How Narrative Medicine Prepares Clinicians for Palliative Care, Kathryn B. Kirkland

7. Sophocles, Hospice, and the Call of the Body, Joseph Calandrino



Palliative Care: Essential Issues

8. What Is Autonomy and What Is It Good For?, Daniel P. Sulmasy

9. Human Flourishing and Palliative Care: Autonomy, Mortality, and Rationality, Robin W. Lovin

10. The Robin Hood of Opioids: Palliative Care in the Underdeveloped World, James Cleary

11. Overcoming the Devastation Caused by Cultivated Ignorance About Pain and Opioid Addiction, Constantino Benedetti

12. Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care: An Integral Look into the Future of Our End, Dominique J. Monlezun



Palliative Care: The Caregiver

13. A Spiritual Environment of Caring, Courtenay R. Bruce, Stacy L. Auld, and Charles R. Millikan

14. Preparing Spiritual Caregivers: Personal Reflections, Practical Advice, and Helpful Programs, W. Andrew Achenbaum

15. Palliative Care: A Chaplain’s Perspective, Bettie Jo Tennon Hightower

16. Lucia’s Dream: A Holistic Approach to Adolescents with Cancer, Tullio Proserpio, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Giovanna Sironi, and Andrea Ferrari



Appendix

The Marialuisa Lectureship for Life: A Brief Introduction, Mauro Ferrari