Palliative Psychology provides clinical, evidence-based training in palliative and end of life
care for clinical psychologists to accomplish specific therapeutic goals. Chapters provide a …

Emotional and existential suffering is prevalent in advanced diseases and psychologists
have valuable skills to support people in this time of life. Yet, psychologists are rarely …

In recent years, palliative care has emerged as the leading model of person-centered care
focused on preserving quality of life and alleviating distress for people and families …

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill
patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process …

As the discipline of Palliative Medicine matures, it has become apparent that concepts of
adequate palliative care must be expanded in their focus beyond pain and physical …

Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care service which has been rapidly expanding in
health care settings, differentiated between two levels. The first level is administered in …

Psychiatric, or psychosocial, palliative care has transformed palliative medicine. Palliation
that neglects psychosocial dimensions of patient and family experience fails to meet …

As patients with terminal disease enter into the final stage of their illness, psychiatric
symptoms and psychological responses to the disease contribute to overall suffering of both …

JPM-2015-0480-ver9-Meier_3P 351..351 Page 1 Moving Toward a Field of Palliative
Psychology Emily A. Meier, PhD,1,2 Caroline Scheiber, MA,1,2 and Lori P. Montross-Thomas …

Content & Focus: This article considers the role (and potential roles) of practitioner
psychologists in contributing to specialist palliative care in the UK, as developed from …