About the Author

Joy Nugent received training in nursing and midwifery in Australia and Scotland and worked as a nurse in Toronto, Canada, and in London, England, over the course of her career. She pioneered a private nurse practice specializing in home-based palliative care. She also founded NurseLink Foundation, a non-profit public company with charitable status, and is the author of New Nursing. She currently lives in Adelaide, South Australia.