作者:edited by Eduardo Bruera, Professor and Chair, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Irene Higginson, OBE, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FMedSci, FRCP, FFPHM Professor and Director, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, UK, Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio,