Part I ; Psychiatric and Psychosocial Palliative Care: Critical Milestones ; 1 Hospice and Palliative Care: A Psychiatric Perspective ; John L. Shuster, Jr., M.D. ; Irene J. Higginson, BMedSci, BMBS, FFPHM, Ph.D., FRCP ; 2 Integrating Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine: The Challenges and Opportunities ; J. Andrew Billings, M.D. ; Susan D. Block, M.D. ; Part II ; Psychiatric Complications of Terminal Illness ; 3 An Overview of Care and Management of the Patient at the End of Life ; Edwin H. Cassem, S.J., M.D. ; 4 Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Palliative Care ; Keith G. Wilson, Ph.D., C.Psych. ; Mark Lander, M.D., FRCPC ; Harvey Max Chochinov, O.M, M.D., Ph.D., FRSC ; 5 Anxiety in Palliative Care ; Andrew J. Roth, M.D. ; Mary Jane Massie, M.D. ; 6 Delirium in the Terminally Ill ; William Breitbart, M.D. ; Peter G. Lawlor, MB MMedSc, CCFP ; Miriam Friedlander, M.D. ; 7 Suicide and Desire for Hastened Death in the Terminally Ill ; Megan Olden, M.A. ; Hayley Pessin, Ph.D. ; Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Ph.D. ; William Breitbart, M.D. ; 8 Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness ; Mary Ellen Foti, M.D. ; 9 Palliative Care for Patients with Substance Abuse and Patients with Personality Disorders ; Tatiana D. Starr, M.A. ; Lauren J. Rogak, M.A. ; David J. Casper, B.A. ; Kenneth L. Kirsh, Ph.D. ; Steven D. Passik, Ph.D. ; Part III ; Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care ; 10 What Dying People Want ; David R. Kuhl, M.D., Ph.D. ; 11 Communication with Terminally Ill Patients and Their Families ; Peter Maguire, M.D. ; Joseph S. Weiner, M.D., Ph.D. ; 12 Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Palliative Care: Compassionate Expertise for Serious Complex Illness ; Matthew J. Loscalzo, MSW ; Charles F. von Gunten, M.D., Ph.D. ; 13 Cultural Diversity and Palliative Care ; Leslie J. Blackhall, M.D., MTS ; 14 Understanding and Managing Bereavement in Palliative Care ; Sidney Zisook, M.D. ; Scott A. Irwin, M.D., Ph.D. ; M. Katherine Shear, M.D. ; 15 Family Issues and Palliative Care ; David K. Wellisch, Ph.D. ; David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM ; 16 Burnout and Symptoms of Stress in Staff Working in Palliative Care ; Mary L.S. Vachon, R.N., Ph.D. ; Monika Muller, M.A. ; Part IV ; Ethical, Existential, and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care ; 17 Ethical Issues in Palliative Care ; Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., MACP ; Daniel P. Sulmasy, M.D., Ph.D. ; 18 Personal Growth and Human Development in Life-Threatening Conditions ; Ira Byock, M.D. ; 19 The Treatment of Suffering in Patients with Advanced Cancer ; Nathan I. Cherny, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP ; 20 Dignity, Meaning, and Demoralization: Emerging Paradigms in End-of-Life Care ; David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM ; Christina Treece, M.D. ; William Breitbart, M.D. ; Nancy A. McKeen, R.N., Ph.D. ; Harvey Max Chochinov, O.M, M.D., Ph.D., FRSC ; 21 Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care ; Christina M. Puchalski, M.D., FACP ; Part V ; Understanding and Managing Symptoms ; 22 Physical Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill ; Russell K. Portenoy, M.D. ; Badi El Osta, M.D. ; Eduardo Bruera, M.D. ; 23 Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer and AIDS ; William Breitbart, M.D. ; Steven D. Passik, Ph.D. ; David J. Casper, B.A ; Tatiana D. Starr, M.A. ; Lauren J. Rogak, M.A. ; 24 Eating Issues in Palliative Cancer Patients ; Susan E. McClement, R.N., Ph.D. ; 25 Psychiatric Aspects of Fatigue at the End of Life ; Susan E. Abbey, M.D., FRCPC ; Part VI ; Psychotherapeutic Interventions in Palliative Care ; 26 Individual Psychotherapy for the Patient with Advanced Disease ; Gary Rodin, M.D., FRCPC ; 27 Narrative Medicine: Writing through Bereavement ; Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D. ; James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D. ; Jessica G. van Dyke, B.A. ; 28 Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Symptom Management in Palliative Care: Augmenting Somatic Interventions ; Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D. ; Caryn S. Feldman, Ph.D. ; 29 Group Psychotherapy and the Terminally Ill ; David Spiegel, M.D. ; Molyn Leszcz, M.D., FRCPC ; 30 Family-Focused Grief Therapy ; Sidney Bloch, M.D., Ph.D. ; David W. Kissane, M.D., MPM, FRANZCP, FAChPM ; Part VII ; Life Cycle Considerations in Palliative Care ; 31 Psychiatric Care of the Terminally Ill Child ; Margaret L. Stuber, M.D. ; Brenda Bursch, Ph.D. ; 32 The Child and Adolescent in Palliative Care ; Barbara M. Sourkes, Ph.D. ; Joanne Wolfe, M.D., MPH ; 33 Special Care Considerations for the Seriously Ill Older Adult ; Lynn B. O'Neill, M.D. ; Diane E. Meier, M.D. ; R. Sean Morrison, M.D.