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.
Table of Contents
Contributors1. Communication about Advanced Progressive Disease, Prognosis, and Advance Care Plans Natasha Michael and Rajvi Shah2. Anxiety Disorders Daniel McFarland, William Pirl, and Maggie Watson3. Adjustment Disorders and Demoralization David Kissane, Luigi Grassi, and Chun-Kai Fang4. Depressive Disorders Daisuke Fujisawa, Tatsuo Akechi, and Yosuke Uchitomi 5. Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Yesne Alici, Soenke Boettger, and William Breitbart6. Diagnosing Dying, Accompaniment, and Assessing Death Wishes Cristina Monforte-Royo, Josep Porta-Sales, and Albert Balaguer7. Carer, Partner, and Family-Centered Support Hannah-Rose Mitchell, Alison Applebaum, and Talia Zaider8. Care of Dependent Children When a Parent Dies of Cancer Jane Turner and Melissa Henry9. Spiritually and Culturally Sensitive Care Jayita Deodhar, Mark Lazenby, and Crystal Park10. Bereavement Care Wendy Lichtenthal, William Rosa, and Robert Neimeyer11. Staff Support Brian Kelly, Maria Die Trill, and Christian NtizimiraAppendix 1: Example of a Question Prompt List for Palliative CareAppendix 2: Example of an Advance Care PlanAppendix 3: Demoralization Scale-II (DS-II)Appendix 4: Psycho-Existential Symptom Assessment Scale (PeSAS)Index
