Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewThis title contains foreword by Ian Maddocks, formerly Foundation President, Australian Association of Hospice and Palliative Care and Foundation President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. This book is a practical and pragmatic distillation of the psychiatry of relevance to the terminally ill. It reviews the major psychiatric syndromes encountered in palliative care - depression, anxiety, delirium - and examines psychopharmacological and psychological interventions in detail. It considers the psychiatric aspects of pain, sleep, cognitive impairment, terminal neurodegenerative diseases, sedation and artificial feeding. The dying chronically ill psychiatric patient is also discussed. The author has drawn on his great experience in both consultation-liaison psychiatry and palliative medicine to produce an essential guide for all healthcare professionals involved in palliative care, including consultants and senior nurses, as well as psychiatrists, especially consultation-liaison psychiatrists, and trainees. 'Illness that threatens imminent death challenges the mental and social well-being of affected individuals and their families. Consistent specialist psychiatric care has nevertheless not been readily available to the dying. Because there may never be sufficient numbers of psychiatrists interested in bringing their expertise to this field, working with the dying mind depends on staff with limited training in behavioural medicine and psychiatry. To redress the inadequate engagement of psychiatry, Sandy Macleod has concentrated on those important areas in palliative medicine where a pragmatic knowledge of psychiatry can make a difference. Here is sensible guidance that will enable staff to serve their client patients and families more adequately. I find this an immensely sympathetic book, beautifully written. It is a testimony to the summation of specialist psychiatric knowledge, broad scholarship and a rich personal practice in bedside palliation.' - Ian Maddocks in the Foreword. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandy MacLeod , John S. DuncanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781846190926ISBN 10: 1846190924 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 20 February 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9781846195358 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPsychiatry and palliative medicine * Adjustment and anxiety * Psychological issues and dying * Pain and Psychiatry * Other symptoms * Depression * Delirium * Sleep, sedation and coma * Neoplastic disease * Cognition and dementia * Terminal neurological disorders * Chronic mental disorder * Euthanasia * PsychopharmacologyReviews'A relevant, highly readable and reasonably priced book which will be of interest to all, whether from a psychiatric or palliative care background, who seek to improve the care of dying patients.' ANDREW MOGG, INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS Author InformationDr Sandy MacLeod , Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Canterbury District Health Board and Medical Director, Nurse Maude Hospice, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
