Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine

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Contents

Contributors

Part I: Psychiatric Complications of Terminal Illness

1 Hospice: A Psychiatric Perspective

2 Care and Management of the Patient at the End of Life

3 Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Palliative Care

4 Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill

5 Anxiety in Palliative Care

6 Delirium in the Terminally Ill

7 Palliative Care in the Chronically Mentally Ill

Part II: Symptom Management

8 Physical Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill: An Overview for Mental Health Professionals 9 Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer and AIDS10 Psychiatric Management of Eating Disorders in Palliative-Care Management of Cancer Patients

11 Psychiatric Aspects of Fatigue in the Terminally Ill

Part III: Psychotherapeutic Intervention and Palliative Care

12 Individual Psychotherapy for the Patient with Advanced Disease

13 Existential Psychotherapy in Palliative Care

14 The Supportive Relationship, the Psychodynamic Life Narrative, and the Dying Patient 15 A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Symptom Management in Palliative Care: Augmenting Somatic Interventions16 Group Psychotherapy and the Terminally Ill

Part IV: Pediatric Palliative Care

17 Psychiatric Care of the Terminally Ill Child

18 Psychotherapy with the Dying Child

Part V: Family and Staff Issues

19 Family Issues and Palliative Care

20 Communication with Terminally Ill Patients and Their Relatives

21 Burnout and Symptoms of Stress in Staff Working in Palliative Care

22 Understanding and Managing Bereavement in Palliative Care Part VI: Ethical and Spiritual Issues23 Ethical Issues in Palliative Care

24 Addressing the Needs of the Patient Who Requests Physician-Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia

25 Spiritual Care of the Dying Patient

26 The Treatment of Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer

Part VII: Research Issues

27 Quality Assurance and Audit in Palliative Care

28 New Directives for Psychosocial Research in Palliative Medicine

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