Title: Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine /
Authors: Chochinov, Harvey Max; Breitbart, William, 1951-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Bioethical Issues; Family psychology; Psychotherapy methods; Neoplasms psychology; Terminally Ill psychology; Palliative Care; Terminally ill Mental health Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Palliative treatment Psychological aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Hospice care Psychological aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents: Part I. Psychiatric and psychosocial palliative care: critical milestones -- Hospice and palliative care: a psychiatric perspective / John L. Shuster, Jr., Irene J. Higginson -- Integrating psychiatry and palliative medicine: the challenges and opportunities / J. Andrew Billings, Susan D. Block -- Part II. Psychiatric complications of terminal illness -- An overview of care and management of the patient at the end of life / Edwin H. Cassem -- Diagnosis and management of depression in palliative care / Keith G. Wilson, Mark Lander, Harvey Max Chochinov -- Anxiety in palliative care / Andrew J. Roth, Mary Jane Massie -- Delirium in the terminally ill / William Breitbart, Peter G. Lawlor, Miriam Friedlander -- Suicide and desire for hastened death in the terminally ill / Megan Olden, Hayley Pessin, Wendy G. Lichtenthal, William Breitbart -- Palliative care for patients with serious mental illness / Mary Ellen Foti -- Palliative care for patients with substance abuse and patients with personality disorders / Tatiana D. Starr [and others] -- Part III. Psychosocial issues in palliative care -- What dying people want / David R. Kuhl -- Communication with terminally ill patients and their families / Peter Maguire, Joseph S. Weiner -- Interdisciplinary teamwork in palliative care: compassionate expertise for serious complex illness / Matthew J. Loscalzo, Charles F. von Gunten -- Cultural diversity and palliative care / Leslie J. Blackhall -- Understanding and managing bereavement in palliative care / Sidney Zisook, Scott A. Irwin, M. Katherine Shear -- Family issues and palliative care / David K. Wellisch, David W. Kissane -- Burnout and symptoms of stress in staff working in palliative care / Mary L.S. Vachon, Monika Müller.