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Useful Links​

• Twitter: @kimacquaviva

• Publisher's website for the 2023 book: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-handbook-of-lgbtqia-inclusive-hospice-and-palliative-care/9780231206433 

 

Book Description

Hospice and palliative care professionals are experts at caring for individuals and families experiencing serious or life-limiting illnesses. Not everyone feels safe seeking out their expertise, however: LGBTQIA+ people may be deterred from seeking support because of barriers—both overt and subtle—that hospice and palliative care programs and professionals erect through their policies and practices. This book is an accessible, expert guide to incorporating LGBTQIA-inclusive practices into end-of-life care. It equips both new and experienced hospice and palliative care professionals with the knowledge they need to ensure that all people receive high-quality care.

Kimberly D. Acquaviva surveys fundamental concepts and the latest clinical developments, integrating relatable anecdotes and poignant personal reflections. She discusses her own experience caring for her wife, Kathy, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019. Unable to find a local hospice with an LGBTQIA-inclusive nondiscrimination statement, let alone one whose staff had been trained to provide nondiscriminatory care to LGBTQIA+ people, Kathy died at home six months later without hospice care.

Acquaviva offers clear, actionable strategies for palliative care and hospice physicians, advanced-practice registered nurses, registered nurses, social workers, counselors, chaplains, and others. She also emphasizes how incorporating LGBTQIA-inclusive practices can transform work with every person receiving care. Anchored in the evidence and written in plain language, this book is the definitive guide for hospice and palliative care professionals seeking to deliver exceptional care to all the patients and families they serve.

 

How to Purchase

You can order the book here from Columbia University Press or here from Amazon.  You can also find the book at New Dominion Bookshop and the UVA Bookstore, both located in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Book Facts for Design Nerds

Designing the cover of this book was a ridiculously enjoyable process that would not have been possible were it not for editor Stephen Wesley’s willingness to try something new.   Instead of relying on the press’ in-house designer to come up with an idea for the cover design, I wanted to give it a try. There was one small problem: despite being a huge graphic design nerd, I have zero talent for actually doing graphic design.  My first attempt at a cover design was atrocious and involved generic soup can labels. (I will forever be grateful to designer Elliot Cairns for pretending he never saw that design). I then spent the better part of a day trying to get Midjourney AI to turn the image in my head into a workable design.  After I had the design I wanted, I turned to Fiverr and found freelance illustrator Mohammad Sohan. In less than 24 hours, Mohammad used the AI-generated image as the springboard to create an original illustration. Elliot Cairns then revised that illustration and designed the cover.  The end result is everything I had hoped for: Wes Anderson-esque, welcoming, and rainbow-free.

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Typefaces used:

• The base font is Minion Pro.

• The chapter titles, figure numbers, and figure captions are Frutiger LT.

• The drop caps that open the chapters are Directors Gothic 2001.

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Editing and Production Team:

• Stephen Wesley, Editor at Columbia University Press

• Marielle T. Poss, Director of Editing, Design, and Production at Columbia University Press

• Leslie Kriesel, Production Editing Manager at Columbia University Press

• Elliot Cairns, Designer at Columbia University Press

• Ben Kolstad, Editorial Services Manager at KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd

• Peggy Tropp, freelance copyeditor

• Mohammad Sohan, freelance illustrator.

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Author Headshots

The following author headshots were taken by Tim Coburn of Tim Coburn Photography: