Full Description
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.
Contents
Contributors
1. Communication about Advanced Progressive Disease, Prognosis, and Advance Care Plans
Natasha Michael and Rajvi Shah
2. Anxiety Disorders
Daniel McFarland, William Pirl, and Maggie Watson
3. Adjustment Disorders and Demoralization
David Kissane, Luigi Grassi, and Chun-Kai Fang
4. Depressive Disorders
Daisuke Fujisawa, Tatsuo Akechi, and Yosuke Uchitomi
5. Delirium and Cognitive Impairment
Yesne Alici, Soenke Boettger, and William Breitbart
6. Diagnosing Dying, Accompaniment, and Assessing Death Wishes
Cristina Monforte-Royo, Josep Porta-Sales, and Albert Balaguer
7. Carer, Partner, and Family-Centered Support
Hannah-Rose Mitchell, Alison Applebaum, and Talia Zaider
8. Care of Dependent Children When a Parent Dies of Cancer
Jane Turner and Melissa Henry
9. Spiritually and Culturally Sensitive Care
Jayita Deodhar, Mark Lazenby, and Crystal Park
10. Bereavement Care
Wendy Lichtenthal, William Rosa, and Robert Neimeyer
11. Staff Support
Brian Kelly, Maria Die Trill, and Christian Ntizimira
Appendix 1: Example of a Question Prompt List for Palliative Care
Appendix 2: Example of an Advance Care Plan
Appendix 3: Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II)
Appendix 4: Psycho-Existential Symptom Assessment Scale (PeSAS)
Index
