Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine (Oxford Handbooks) - Softcover

For those now training in palliative medicine, this will provide an invaluable and up to date review of all matters pertaining to psychological and psychiatric care...this book belongs on the library shelf in any hospice or palliative care unit. (Roger Woodruff)

This is a well-organized, thoughtfully written book... I would recommend it for anyone interested in learning more about psychiatry in end-of-life care or who is contemplating a career in this area. (Jeffrey Rado, MD, Rush University Medical Center (for the hardcover edition))

A tour-de-force of the psychiatric and psychosocial aspects of palliative medicine... Given the frequency and importance of psychiatric and psychosocial problems, this book will be a very useful resource for practitioners of palliative care and certainly should be available for reference in the library of any palliative care unit. (IAHP Website)

Psychiatric, or psychosocial, palliative care has transformed palliative medicine. Palliation that neglects psychosocial dimensions of patient and family experience fails to meet contemporary standards of comprehensive palliative care. While a focus on somatic issues has sometimes overshadowed attention to psychological, existential, and spiritual end-of-life challenges, the past decade has seen an all encompassing, multi-disciplinary approach to care for the dying take hold.

Written by internationally known psychiatry and palliative care experts, the Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine is an essential reference for all providers of palliative care, including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, oncologists, hospice workers, and social workers.