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Feeling better: psychosocial care in specialist palliative care
— a discussion paper; researched by Olivia Dix and edited by Myer Glickman on behalf of the Working Party on the Provision of Psychosocial Care in Specialist Palliative Care, [chairman Carolyn Brodrib | | Author(s) | Olivia Dix, Myer Glickman, Carolyn Brodrib |
| Corporate Author | Working Party on the Provision of Psychosocial Care in Specialist Palliative Care, National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services |
| Publisher | National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 24 pp (Occasional paper, 13) |
| Source | National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services, 7th Floor, 1 Great Cumberland Place, London W1H 7AL. |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Psychology [care] ; Medical care ; Dying ; Pain ; Quality. |
| Annotation | Psychosocial care is concerned with the psychological and emotional well-being of patients, their families and carers, including issues of self-esteem, and insight into and adaptation to an illness and its consequences. As such, it is an integral part of palliative care. This report is based on the deliberations of a multiprofessional Working Party, and aims to contribute to the debate amongst providers of specialist palliative care about what constitutes high quality psychosocial care, and its delivery. There is an increasing body of evidence pointing to the effectiveness of interventions which do not rely on pharmaceutical methods for improving quality of life. In Part I, psychosocial care is defined and placed in the context of palliative care as a whole; and the psychosocial needs of patients, families and carers are outlined. In Part II, principles of psychosocial assessment are discussed; the key skills and professional roles described; and importance of adequate support and supervision for both staff and volunteers is emphasised. The final section discusses evaluation and quality improvement in psychosocial care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000803001 B |
| Classmark | LV: QN: LK: CX: CT7: 59 |
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