Transitions in dying and bereavement a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care /

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"In the new edition of this unique professional resource, hospice and palliative care team members--especially social workers and counselors--will find the empirical evidence and compassionate advice they need to provide the most holistic psychosocial care possible to individuals who are dying...

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Main Authors: Thompson, Marney (Author), Wainwright, Wendy (Author)
Corporate Author: Victoria Hospice Society (Author)
Other Authors: Cairns, Moira
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD, USA : Health Professions Press, Inc., [2017]
Edition:2nd edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
Hospice care -- Social aspects.
Hospice care -- Psychological aspects.
Palliative treatment -- Psychological aspects.
Palliative treatment -- Social aspects.
Grief therapy -- Psychological aspects.
Grief therapy -- Social aspects.
Contents:
  • Establishing the framework : integration of psychosocial and hospice palliative care perspective : social work and counseling competencies in hospice palliative care
  • Beginning the journey : early diagnosis and treatment perspective : psychosocial assessment
  • The path not chosen : recurrence and chronic illness perspective: cultural competency
  • Entering the unknown : the shift toward hospice palliative care perspective : intimacy and sexuality
  • The long and winding road : illness predominates perspective : dying children and youth
  • Watching and waiting : as death approaches perspective : suffering and despair
  • The parting of the ways : time of death perspective : support for the hospice palliative care team
  • Walking the edges : when a death occurs perspective: working with thoughts and emotions
  • Entering the depths : adjusting to loss perspective: grief : it's complicated
  • Reconnecting with the world : mending the heart.

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