Psycho-Oncology in Palliative and End of Life Care

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Synopsis

Psycho-Oncology in Palliative and End-of-Life Care provides expert advice and clinical management guidelines on the impact of advanced cancer and its treatment on the life and wellbeing of a patient in palliative and end-of-life care. Employing a practical toolkit format, this volume addresses a variety of key challenges including: discussions of death and dying, poor prognoses, wishes and values of the dying person, advance care plans, anxiety, demoralization and problems with coping, depression and delirium, the needs of partners, children, families, and caregivers, and spiritual and bereavement care. Each chapter considers presenting symptoms, differential diagnoses and assessment methods to achieve the best diagnosis, so that a detailed formulation can be developed for each person that guides a comprehensive management plan. Each section concludes with professional and service issues ranging from ethical dilemmas, legal requirements, cultural needs, and training and service development issues, through to basic human rights.

Part of the Psycho-Oncology Care: Companion Guides for Clinicians series, this concise pocket guide is a resource for oncology specialists, psycho-oncologists in training, consultant nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, and allied health professionals to use as a quick reference in everyday practice. Pitched at intermediate to advanced level skills, this companion guide can be used as a standalone, or alongside existing oncology and psycho-oncology training programs.

Book details

Series:
PSYCHO ONCOLOGY CARE
Author:
David W. Kissane, Maggie Watson and William S. Breitbart
ISBN:
9780197615959
Related ISBNs:
9780197615942, 9780197615935
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-12-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
Oxford University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction, Psychology