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End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement


End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement

What Clinicians Need to Know
Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology, Band 6 1. Aufl.

von: Sara Honn Qualls, Julia E. Kasl-Godley

60,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 04.11.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9780470881132
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 352

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<p><b>A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement</b></p> <p>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 how best 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.</p> <p>Part of the <i>Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology,</i> this thorough and up-to-date guide answers complex questions often asked by patients, their families and caregivers, and helping professionals as well, including:</p> <ul> <li>How does dying occur, and how does it vary across illnesses?</li> <li>What are the spiritual issues that are visible in end-of-life care?</li> <li>How are families engaged in end-of-life care, and what services and support can mental health clinicians provide them?</li> <li>How should providers address mental disorders that appear at the end of life?</li> <li>What are the tools and strategies involved in advanced care planning, and how do they play out during end-of-life care?</li> </ul> <p>Sensitively addressing the issues that arise in the clinical care of the actively dying, this timely book is filled with clinical illustrations, guidance, tips for practice, and encouragement. Written to equip mental health professionals with the information they need to guide families and others caring for the needs of individuals with life-threatening and terminal illnesses, <i>End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement</i> presents a rich resource for caregivers for the psychological, sociocultural, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of care at the end of life.</p>
<p>Contributors v</p> <p>Preface vii</p> <p>1 Introduction to End-of-Life Care for Mental Health Professionals 1<br /><i>Julia E. Kasl-Godley</i></p> <p>2 Trajectories of Chronic Illnesses 26<br /><i>Michelle S. Gabriel</i></p> <p>3 The Cultural Context of Spirituality and Meaning 43<br /><i>E. Alessandra Strada</i></p> <p>4 Working With Family Caregivers of Persons With Terminal Illness 64<br /><i>David B. Feldman and Jasmin Llamas</i></p> <p>5 Serious Mental Illness 85<br /><i>Julia E. Kasl-Godley</i></p> <p>6 Advance Care Planning 116<br /><i>Michelle S. Gabriel and Sheila Kennedy</i></p> <p>7 Pharmacologic Management of Pain 128<br /><i>W. Nat Timmins</i></p> <p>8 Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain and Symptom Management 148<br /><i>Stephanie C. Wallio and Robert K. Twillman</i></p> <p>9 Grief and Bereavement Care 168<br /><i>Shirley Otis-Green</i></p> <p>10 Complicated Grief 181<br /><i>E. Alessandra Strada</i></p> <p>11 Health-Care Teams 201<br /><i>Julia E. Kasl-Godley and Donna Kwilosz</i></p> <p>12 End-of-Life Care in Long-Term Care Settings 229<br /><i>Mary M. Lewis</i></p> <p>13 Advocating for Policy Change: The Role of Mental Health Providers 252<br /><i>Robert K. Twillman and Mary M. Lewis</i></p> <p>14 Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States: Issues, Challenges, Roles, and Implications for Clinicians 263<br /><i>Silvia Sara Canetto</i></p> <p>15 Creating Ethics Conversations in Community 285<br /><i>Malham M. Wakin</i></p> <p>16 Professional Self-Care 294<br /><i>E. Alessandra Strada</i></p> <p>17 Embracing the Existential Invitation to Examine Care at the End of Life 310<br /><i>Shirley Otis-Green</i></p> <p>Author Index 325</p> <p>Subject Index 335</p>
<b>SARA H. QUALLS, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training in Geropsychology, and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She has twenty years of academic, clinical, and continuing education training experience and is the co-chair of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the American Psychological Association (APA). <p><b>JULIA E. KASL-GODLEY, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Coordinator of Psychology Training at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Palliative Care Fellowship Program in California. She has published on interventions for anticipatory grief and end-of-life care and is the recipient of the APA's 2003 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology.</p>
<p><b>A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement</b></p> <p>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 how best 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.</p> <p>Part of the <i>Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology,</i> this thorough and up-to-date guide answers complex questions often asked by patients, their families and caregivers, and helping professionals as well, including:</p> <ul> <li>How does dying occur, and how does it vary across illnesses?</li> <li>What are the spiritual issues that are visible in end-of-life care?</li> <li>How are families engaged in end-of-life care, and what services and support can mental health clinicians provide them?</li> <li>How should providers address mental disorders that appear at the end of life?</li> <li>What are the tools and strategies involved in advanced care planning, and how do they play out during end-of-life care?</li> </ul> <p>Sensitively addressing the issues that arise in the clinical care of the actively dying, this timely book is filled with clinical illustrations, guidance, tips for practice, and encouragement. Written to equip mental health professionals with the information they need to guide families and others caring for the needs of individuals with life-threatening and terminal illnesses, <i>End-of-Life Issues, Grief, and Bereavement</i> presents a rich resource for caregivers for the psychological, sociocultural, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of care at the end of life.</p> <p><b>Also in the <i>Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology</i></b></p> <ul> <li><i>Psychotherapy for Depression in Older Adults</i></li> <li><i>Changes in Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: Assessment and Intervention</i></li> <li><i>Aging Families and Caregiving</i></li> </ul>

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