Part I
Psychiatric and Psychosocial Palliative Care: Critical Milestones
1 Hospice and Palliative Care: A Psychiatric Perspective
John L. Shuster, Jr., M.D.
Irene J. Higginson, BMedSci, BMBS, FFPHM, Ph.D., FRCP
2 Integrating Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine: The Challenges and Opportunities
J. Andrew Billings, M.D.
Susan D. Block, M.D.
Part II
Psychiatric Complications of Terminal Illness
3 An Overview of Care and Management of the Patient at the End of Life
Edwin H. Cassem, S.J., M.D.
4 Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Palliative Care
Keith G. Wilson, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Mark Lander, M.D., FRCPC
Harvey Max Chochinov, O.M, M.D., Ph.D., FRSC
5 Anxiety in Palliative Care
Andrew J. Roth, M.D.
Mary Jane Massie, M.D.
6 Delirium in the Terminally Ill
William Breitbart, M.D.
Peter G. Lawlor, MB MMedSc, CCFP
Miriam Friedlander, M.D.
7 Suicide and Desire for Hastened Death in the Terminally Ill
Megan Olden, M.A.
Hayley Pessin, Ph.D.
Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Ph.D.
William Breitbart, M.D.
8 Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Mary Ellen Foti, M.D.
9 Palliative Care for Patients with Substance Abuse and Patients with Personality Disorders
Tatiana D. Starr, M.A.
Lauren J. Rogak, M.A.
David J. Casper, B.A.
Kenneth L. Kirsh, Ph.D.
Steven D. Passik, Ph.D.
Part III
Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care
10 What Dying People Want
David R. Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D.
11 Communication with Terminally Ill Patients and Their Families
Peter Maguire, M.D.
Joseph S. Weiner, M.D., Ph.D.
12 Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Palliative Care: Compassionate Expertise for Serious Complex Illness
Matthew J. Loscalzo, MSW
Charles F. von Gunten, M.D., Ph.D.
13 Cultural Diversity and Palliative Care
Leslie J. Blackhall, M.D., MTS
14 Understanding and Managing Bereavement in Palliative Care
Sidney Zisook, M.D.
Scott A. Irwin, M.D., Ph.D.
M. Katherine Shear, M.D.
15 Family Issues and Palliative Care
David K. Wellisch, Ph.D.
David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM
16 Burnout and Symptoms of Stress in Staff Working in Palliative Care
Mary L.S. Vachon, R.N., Ph.D.
Monika Muller, M.A.
Part IV
Ethical, Existential, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care
17 Ethical Issues in Palliative Care
Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., MACP
Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D.
18 Personal Growth and Human Development in Life-Threatening Conditions
Ira Byock, M.D.
19 The Treatment of Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer
Nathan I. Cherny, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP
20 Dignity, Meaning, and Demoralization: Emerging Paradigms in End-of-Life Care
David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM
Christina Treece, M.D.
William Breitbart, M.D.
Nancy A. McKeen, R.N., Ph.D.
Harvey Max Chochinov, O.M, M.D., Ph.D., FRSC
21 Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care
Christina M. Puchalski, M.D., FACP
Part V
Understanding and Managing Symptoms
22 Physical Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill
Russell K. Portenoy, M.D.
Badi El Osta, M.D.
Eduardo Bruera, M.D.
23 Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer and AIDS
William Breitbart, M.D.
Steven D. Passik, Ph.D.
David J. Casper, B.A
Tatiana D. Starr, M.A.
Lauren J. Rogak, M.A.
24 Eating Issues in Palliative Cancer Patients
Susan E. McClement, R.N., Ph.D.
25 Psychiatric Aspects of Fatigue at the End of Life
Susan E. Abbey, M.D., FRCPC
Part VI
Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Palliative Care
26 Individual Psychotherapy for the Patient with Advanced Disease
Gary Rodin, M.D., FRCPC
27 Narrative Medicine: Writing through Bereavement
Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D.
James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D.
Jessica G. van Dyke, B.A.
28 Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Symptom Management in Palliative Care: Augmenting Somatic Interventions
Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D.
Caryn S. Feldman, Ph.D.
29 Group Psychotherapy and the Terminally Ill
David Spiegel, M.D.
Molyn Leszcz, M.D., FRCPC
30 Family-Focused Grief Therapy
Sidney Bloch, M.D., Ph.D.
David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM
Part VII
Life Cycle Considerations in Palliative Care
31 Psychiatric Care of the Terminally Ill Child
Margaret L. Stuber, M.D.
Brenda Bursch, Ph.D.
32 The Child and Adolescent in Palliative Care
Barbara M. Sourkes, Ph.D.
Joanne Wolfe, M.D., MPH
33 Special Care Considerations for the Seriously Ill Older Adult
Lynn B. O'Neill, M.D.
Diane E. Meier, M.D.
R. Sean Morrison, M.D.