School of Nursing Lecture Series - Dying in America  As an oncology nurse for 28 years, Dr. Betty Ferrell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, has focused her clinical work and research on pain management and end-of-life care. She is currently a research scientist at the City of Hope National Medical Center in California, and has had more than 270 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. On Oct. 23, 2006, Dr. Ferrell will present "Dying in America", as part of the School of Nursing lecture series, which was launched last year by Dr. Oliver Sacks. The lecture will be free and open to students, faculty, and friends of the School of Nursing.
In 1996, Dr. Ferrell received the Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award. The following year, she received the National Clinical Research Award from the Association of Community Cancer Centers. She was a member of the Expert Panel on Pain for the Agency of Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and co-chaired the task force on "Pain in the Elderly" for the International Association for the Study of Pain from 1994 to 1996. She is currently the principal investigator of a study funded by the American Cancer Society on palliative surgery, and the principal investigator of the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Ferrell has authored five books.
Ferrell BR, Coyle N. (2006). Textbook of Palliative Nursing, Oxford University Press. (2nd edition)
Ferrell BR, Coyle N. (2001). Textbook of Palliative Nursing, Oxford University Press.
Ferrell BR, Ferrell BA. (1996). Pain in the Elderly, Seattle: IASP Press.
Ferrell B. (Ed). (1995). Suffering, Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
McGuire D, Yarbro C, Ferrell BR, (Eds.). (1995). Cancer Pain Management, 2nd edition. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Please join the School of Nursing for what promises to be a thought-provoking talk. For tickets, call the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts' Box Office at 254-4000, ext. 4010. | 
