Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry
$159.52
- Paperback
297 pages
- Release Date
8 May 2016
Summary
In recent years, palliative care has emerged as the leadingmodel of person-centered care focused on preserving quality of life andalleviating distress for people and families experiencing serious andlife-limiting medical illness. Alongside this development has come a growingrecognition of the need for expertise in psychiatric diagnosis,psychopharmacology, and psychotherapy within the interdisciplinary team ofspecialists tasked with identifying and addressing the varied sources ofsuffering …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781585624768 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1585624764 |
| Author: | Nathan Fairman, Jeremy M. Hirst, Scott A. Irwin |
| Publisher: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Imprint: | American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 297 |
| Release Date: | 8 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
This is an exceptionally useful book on the emergingsubspecialty of palliative care psychiatry. Psychiatrists who work inpsychosomatic medicine, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and neuropsychiatryshould make themselves familiar with the concepts in this essential book. Itis a welcome addition to the psychiatric literature.
– Michael Schrift, D.O. * Doody’s Book Reviews *Nathan Fairman
Nathan Fairman, M.D., M.P.H., is Assistant ClinicalProfessor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at theUniversity of California Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento,California.
Jeremy M. Hirst, M.D., is Associate ClinicalProfessor in the Department of Psychiatry, Associate Director of PalliativeCare Psychiatry, and Associate Director of Patient and Family SupportServices at the Moores Cancer Center, University of California San DiegoSchool of Medicine, in La Jolla, California.
Scott A. Irwin, M.D.,Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director ofSupportive Care Services at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive CancerInstitute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.
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