PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY IN PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE

Discover the comprehensive psycho-oncology handbook that provides invaluable support for patients and their families during the challenging time of cancer and palliative care. This book is the key to understanding and effectively coping with the psychological challenges that come with the disease.

• Psychological support: Learn how to effectively support cancer patients and their families.
• Palliative care: Understand the key issues in palliative care, including communicating difficult prognoses and talking about death.
• Emotion management: Learn how to manage anxiety, depression and cognitive disorders in patients.
• Therapies and tools: Get to know screening scales, pharmacotherapy regimens and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) protocols.
• Family support: Learn how to emotionally support patients' families and help them cope with grief.
• Burnout prevention: Discover strategies to prevent burnout in medical staff.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: Understand the importance of collaboration between different specialists in palliative care.

This handbook offers practical tools and clinical dialogue models to facilitate the implementation of a personalized treatment plan. The authors, an international team of experts, analyze the psychophysical condition of the medical team, propose strategies to prevent burnout and emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. This compendium is a response to the needs of healthcare professionals caring for patients at the end of their lives.

The Jagiellonian University Press presents this unique study, which combines the latest knowledge with practical protocols for the mental support of patients and families. This book facilitates difficult conversations, supports clinical decisions and protects against burnout. It is an extremely useful tool in the daily practice of palliative medicine physicians and care teams.

Thanks to this book, the overriding goal of palliative care - a good quality of life and meeting the important psychological needs of the person - becomes more achievable. It is a position that discusses these issues in an insightful and highly professional manner, enriching the Polish publishing market with a highly regarded position.

Authors: David W. Kissane, MD, Maggie Watson, PhD, William S. Breitbart, MD. Pages: 368, Format: 229x163 mm. Year of publication: 2025, binding: paperback.