Palliative Care Within Mental Health eBook

Is there a place for palliative care within mental health?This inspirational book offers an excellent foundation for integrating best-practice specialistpalliative care into serious and enduring mental health service delivery. The shared practicevalues and vision between these two disciplines provide an optimistic starting point fromwhich to address the lack of palliative care service delivery in mental health practice.Focusing on the similarity in philosophy between palliative care and mental health practice, itincorporates:person-centred practicerelationship-based connectednessa belief in compassionate carerespect for autonomy and choicequality-of-life issues.The book addresses the practice skills needed in preparation for competent intervention andtreatment. Each chapter develops a theoretical framework which is supported by practicalapplication.Both professionals and students of palliative care will find the interactive text and practicalcase studies especially valuable, as will the professional working in substance use. Its userfriendlyapproach will appeal to a wide range of readers in various related disciplines.While it could be assumed that mental health has a lot to offer palliative care, we both [feel]that palliative care could offer more to mental health practice...It is a neglected area. There islittle or no literature related to palliative care within serious mental health practice, and thatwhich does exist relates to care of the dying in terms of cancer.From the Preface