Table of Contents

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3 Editorial (full text)

4 Facing Reality: A Team Approach

8 Theresa's Angel:
When Your Best Isn't Enough

A Chaplain's Reflection:
Bridging the Gap (response to Johnson)

14 You Gotta Know There's Gonna Be a Better Tomorrow:
Collaborating to Comfort Ventilator-Dependent Patients

Renae Schumann & Alexander W. Hunter

18 Esperanza:
A Clinic Built on Hope

Mary Beth Swan

21 Prescription for Hope:
How Esperanza Began

Carolyn Klaus

27 Spiritual Care:
How the Christian Community Cared for Mama

Luberta D. McDonald

DEPARTMENTS
39 Resources
42 Advertising Section
45 Continuing Education
46 Calendar
47 Letters
Letters online
48 PulseBeats

Cover photo illustration: Carlos Vergara