End-of-life issues, grief, and bereavement: what clinicians need to know

The needs of individuals with life-limiting or terminal illness and those caring for them are well documented. However, meeting these needs can be challenging, particularly in the absence of a well-established evidence base about howbest to help. In this informative guide, editors Sara Qualls and Julia Kasl-Godley have brought together a notable team of international contributors to produce a clear structure offering mental health professionals a framework for developing the competencies needed to work with end-of-life care issues, challenges, concerns, and opportunities INDICE: Preface (Sara Qualls). 1. Introduction to End of Life Care for Mental Health Professionals (Julia E. Kasl-Godley). 2. Trajectories of Chronic Illnesses (Michelle S. Gabriel). 3. The Cultural Context of Spirituality and Meaning (E. Alessandra Strada). 4. Working with Family Caregivers of Persons withTerminal Illness (David B. Feldman and Jasmin Llamas). 5. Serious Mental Illness (Julia E. Kasl-Godley). 6. Advance Care Planning (Michelle S. Gabriel and Sheila Kennedy). 7. Pharmacologic Management of Pain (W. Nat Timmins). 8. Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Pain and Symptom Management (Stephanie C. Wallio& Robert K. Twillman). 9. Grief and Bereavement Care (Shirley Otis-Green). 10. Complicated Grief (E. Alessandra Strada). 11. Health Care Teams (Julia E. Kasl-Godley and Donna Kwilosz). 12. End of Life Care in Long Term Care Settings (Mary M. Lewis). 13. Advocating for Policy Change: The Role of Mental Health Providers (Robert K. Twillman and Mary M. Lewis). 14. Physician-assisted suicide in the U.S.: Issues, challenges, roles and implications for clinicians (Silvia Sara Canetto). 15. Creating Ethics Conversations in Community (Malham M. Wakin). 16. Professional Self-Care (E. Alessandra Strada). 17. Embracing the Existential Invitation to Examine Care at the End of Life (Shirley Otis-Green).

• ISBN: 978-0-470-40693-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés