Dying and Bereavement Psychosocial for Hospice Palliative Care

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 approaches needed to provide excellent holistic psychosocial care to individuals who are dying or bereaved. Encompassing the journey through diagnosis, treatment, recurrence, palliative care, and bereavement, this guide describes appropriate interventions for each of the key transitions that most dying patients and their families face. Social workers, counselors, and other team members share their personal reflections and experience from doing this work, and provide examples of ways to support the whole care team.
With practical resources in every chapter, this guide provides: