Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer :: a treatment manual /

The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of ""meaning"" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidep...

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Hauptverfasser: Breitbart, William, 1951- (VerfasserIn), Poppito, Shannon R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Zusammenfassung:The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of ""meaning"" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population. Clinicians are focusing on the development of non-pharmacologic interventions that can address issues such as hopelessness, loss of meaning, and spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life. This effort led to an exploration and analysis of the work of V.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:019938794X
9780199387946
9780190223588
0190223588