In doing an analysis ofmore than 45,000 pages in the top 50 textbooksin nursing education, it was found that only 2%of the content was devoted to end-of-life care.15In a study that investigated end-of-life care innursing homes, we found that residents whowere dying did not receive basic care such asadequate food, fluids, a bath, and oral hygiene.Pain, dyspnea, and other symptoms were notalleviated