Psychosocial issues in palliative care : a community based approach for life limiting illness /
edited by Mari Lloyd-Williams ; with a foreword by Stein Kaasa.
- Third edition.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The public health end-of-life care movement: history, principles, and styles of practice / Aliki Karapliagou, Allan Kellehear, and Klaus Wegleitner -- Communication and psychosocial issues within neonatal palliative care / Alexandra Mancini and Paula Abramson -- The call to social inclusion: psychosocial care for the marginalized in society / Philip J. Larkin -- Psychosocial care in diverse communities and encouraging communities to support each other / Linda McEnhill -- Models of pyschosocial care for patients and their families: the role of volunteers in supporting psychosocial needs / Nigel Hartley -- Dementia, multimorbidity, and frailty / Karen Harrison Dening -- Psychosocial care of families in palliative care / David W. Kissane -- The meaning of dignity in psychosocial care / Susan McClement and Genevieve Thompson -- Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of depression in advanced disease / Matthew Hotopf -- Psychotherapeutic inteerventions / Luigi Grassi, Maria Giulia Nanni, and Rosangela Caruso -- Spiritual care / Mark Cobb -- Diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) / Allison M. Marziliano, Wendy G. Lichtenthal, and Holly G. Prigerson.
This new edition examines the current provision of psychosocial support, taking into account the community approaches of psychosocial care, the role of volunteers in supporting psychosocial needs, and the needs of the frail elderly. It is essential reading for the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and primary care.