"We four have practiced in palliative and end of life care care as nurses and doctors for over a 100 years between us in hospital, hospice, care home and community settings. We have a passion for education to improve palliative and end of life care and Faull and Kitchen have previously led e-ELCA, the UK national end of life care e-learning programme from e-Learning for Healthcare. We want professionals to have ready access to up to date and current thinking and hope that this 4th edition of the Handbook of Palliative Care provides that in an accessible and engaging way"-- Provided by publisher.