| Abstract: |
(from the cover) Psychosocial Palliative Care guides the psycho-oncologist through the most salient aspects of effective psychiatric care of patients with advanced illnesses. This handbook reviews basic concepts and definitions of palliative care and the experience of dying, the assessment and management of major psychiatric complications of life-threatening illness, including psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic approaches, and covers issues such as bereavement, spirituality, cultural sensitivity, communication, and psychiatric contributions to common physical symptom control. A global perspective on death and palliative care is taken throughout the text, and an appendix provides a comprehensive list of international palliative care resources and training programs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved). |
