Auteur : Breitbart, William 1951- / Chochinov, Harvey Max

Maison d'édition : Oxford University Press

Date de publication : 2000

Collation : xx, 435 p.

ISBN : 0195092996

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 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 -- 5. Anxiety in palliative care -- 6. Delirium in the terminally Ill -- 7. Palliative care in the crhonically mentally Ill
Part II : Symptom management
8. Physical symptom management in the terminally Ill : an overview for mental health professionnals -- 9. Psychiatric aspects of pain management in aptients with advanced cancer and AIDS -- 10. psychiatric management of eating disorders in palliative-care management of cancer patient -- 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 pallaitive 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 manging beravement 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 palliaitve care -- 28. New directives for psychosocial research in palliative medicine

Résumé : 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.

Mots-clés : Soins palliatifs - Aspect psychologique / Soins en phase terminale - Aspect psychologique / Malades dans un état critique - Soins médicaux - Aspect psychologique

Cote : WB 310 H236 2000