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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.
Management of Clinical Depression and Anxiety provides a brief set
of clinical guidelines for handling clinical depression and anxiety
in cancer patients. Using a practical toolkit format, this volume
covers a variety of topics including: assessment methods, treatment
methods, psychiatric emergencies and disorders, policies, service
and ethical issues, confidentiality, and communication issues.
Self-assessment quizzes round out each chapter, and the volume
concludes with an appendix of patient screening tools. Part of the
Psycho-oncology Care: Companion Guides for Clinicians series, this
highly readable, concise pocket guide is an ideal resource for
oncology clinicians and mental health professionals training in
psycho-oncology to use as a quick reference in everyday practice.
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