The authors acknowledge the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the City of Hope for their ongoing support of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium training activities, as well as the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation and the Open Society Institute for their support of international educational efforts. They also thank Marian Grant for her input.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.
Correspondence to: Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60611; telephone: (312) 695-4157; fax: (312) 695-6189.
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Dr. Paice is Director of the Cancer Pain Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Carma Erickson-Hurt is a faculty member at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. Ferrell is a Professor and Research Scientist at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California.
Nessa Coyle is on the Pain and Palliative Care Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
Dr. Coyne is Clinical Director of the Thomas Palliative Care Program, Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Long is a geriatric nursing consultant and codirector of the Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia, Beatitudes Campus, Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. Mazanec is a clinical nurse specialist at the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
Pam Malloy is ELNEC Project Director, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC.
Dr. Smith is Professor of Medicine and Palliative Care Research, Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center, Richmond.
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