About the Author

John Swinton is professor of practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and founding director of Aberdeen's Centre for Spirituality, Health, and Disability. He worked as a nurse for sixteen years within the fields of mental health and learning disabilities and later also as a community mental health chaplain.

Richard Payne is professor of medicine and divinity at Duke Divinity School and director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life.