Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

by Chochinov, Harvey Max; Breitbart, William

• ISBN13: 9780195092998
• ISBN10: 0195092996
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This work complements the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and The Handbook of Psychooncology . Topics include the role of psychiatry in terminal care, diagnosis and management of depression, suicide in the terminally ill, pain management, the nature of suffering in terminal illness, and psychotherapeutic interventions. The book also takes into consideration new directions for psychosocial palliative care research.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xvii
Part I Psychiatric Complications of Terminal Illness
Hospice: A Psychiatric Perspective	3	(10)
Colin Murray Parkes
Care and Management of the Patient at the End of Life	13	(12)
Edwin H. Cassem
Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Palliative Care	25	(26)
Keith G. Wilson
Harvey Max Chochinov
Barbara J. de Faye
William Breitbart
Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill	51	(12)
Barry Rosenfeld
Suzanne Krivo
William Breitbart
Harvey Max Chochinov
Anxiety in Palliative Care	63	(12)
David K. Payne
Mary Jane Massie
Delirium in the Terminally Ill	75	(16)
William Breitbart
Kenneth Cohen
Palliative Care in the Chronically Mentally Ill	91	(8)
David Goldenberg
Jimmie Holland
Sherry Schachter
Part II Symptom Management
Physical Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill: An Overview for Mental Health Professionals	99	(32)
Russell K. Portenoy
Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer and AIDS	131	(30)
William Breitbart
David Payne
Psychiatric Management of Eating Disorders in Palliative-Care Management of Cancer Patients	161	(14)
Lynna M. Lesko
Psychiatric Aspects of Fatigue in the Terminally Ill	175	(14)
Susan Abbey
Part III Phychotherapeutic Intervention and Palliative Care
Individual Psychotherapy for the Patient with Advanced Disease	189	(8)
Gary Rodin
Laurie A. Gillies
Existential Psychotherapy in Palliative Care	197	(18)
James L. Spira
The Supportive Relationship, the Psychodynamic Life Narrative, and the Dying Patient	215	(8)
Milton Viederman
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Symptom Management in Palliative Care: Augmenting Somatic Interventions	223	(18)
Dennis C. Turk
Caryn S. Feldman
Group Psychotherapy and the Terminally Ill	241	(14)
David Spiegel
Sara L. Stein
Tamara Z. Earhart
Susan Diamond
Part IV Pediatric Palliative Care
Psychiatric Care of the Terminally Ill Child	255	(10)
Margaret L. Stuber
Brenda Bursch
Psychotherapy with the Dying Child	265	(10)
Barbara M. Sourkes
Part V Family and Staff Issues
Family Issues and Palliative Care	275	(16)
David K. Wellisch
Communication with Terminally Ill Patients and Their Relatives	291	(12)
Peter Maguire
Burnout and Symptoms of Stress in Staff Working in Palliative Care	303	(18)
Mary L. S. Vachon
Understanding and Managing Bereavement in Palliative Care	321	(16)
Sidney Zisook
Part VI Ethical and Spiritual Issues
Ethical Issues in Palliative Care	337	(12)
Edmund D. Pellegrino
Addressing the Needs of the Patient Who Requests Physician-Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia	349	(8)
Margaret V. McDonald
Steven D. Passik
Nessa Coyle
Spiritual Care of the Dying Patient	357	(18)
Michael Kearney
Balfour Mount
The Treatment of Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer	375	(24)
Nathan I. Cherny
Part VII Research Issues
Quality Assurance and Audit in Palliative Care	399	(8)
Irene J. Higginson
New Directives for Psychosocial Research in Palliative Medicine	407	(6)
Eduardo Bruera
Index	413