Chapter 1: The experience of living with cancer - Joan Smith Chapter 2: Palliative care for people with End Stage Pulmonary Disease - Jo Popple Chapter 3: Palliative care for people with End Stage Heart Failure - Sharon Grimsdale Chapter 4: Palliative care for people with Multiple Sclerosis - John Costello Chapter 5: Patients with End Stage Renal Failure - Sue Heatley Chapter 6: Palliative care for people with advanced dementia - Jacqueline Crowther Chapter 7: Symptom management: the medical perspective - Ahamed Ashique & John Costello Chapter 8: Supporting families and lay caregivers on the palliative care journey - Anne Golden Chapter 9: Grief, bereavement and spirituality - John Costello and Reverend Andrew Bradley Chapter 10: Ethical dilemmas in palliative care - Anne-Marie Raftery & Carole Farrell Chapter 11: Hospital palliative care teams - Anne-Marie Raftery Chapter 12: End of life care in the community - Alison Newey.