Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine / / edited by Harvey Max Chochinov, William Breitbart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819661503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-280-76056-7; 9786610760565; 0-19-974878-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChochinovHarvey Max; BreitbartWilliam <1951->
• Disciplina: 362.1/75
• Soggetti: Palliative treatment - Psychological aspects; Terminal care - Psychological aspects; Critically ill - Medical care - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 AIDS""""10 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 Interventions""""16 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 Issues""""23 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""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""