The upcoming book, The Art and Science of Palliative Medicine, edited by Howard S. Smith and Julie G. Pilitsis

As the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Palliative Medicine, Dr. Howard S. Smith had been dedicated to the palliative care in his whole career life. Since April 2012, Dr. Smith had been working on the preparation of a comprehensive book on palliative medicine as a valuable guidebook for both academic and clinical education. Collaborating with the most excellent experts in the field co-authoring the book, great progress had been made in 2013 together with Dr. Julie G. Pilitsis as the co-editors. The book was named The Art and Science of Palliative Medicine (Figure 1), to be published by AME Publishing Company.