title: Palliative care research: nursing response to emergent society needs.
abstract: The focus of this column is to describe a body of research on palliative care and end-of-life that has been the focus of Dr. Betty Ferrell's career and her work at the City of Hope. The impact of this work on the nursing workforce is described and research resources for nurses are included.
authors.affiliation: City of Hope Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrell
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D005221:Fatigue / Q000628:therapy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D015399:Nursing Research; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care