SARA H. QUALLS, PHD, is Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training in Geropsychology, and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She has twenty years of academic, clinical, and continuing education training experience and is the co-chair of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the American Psychological Association (APA). JULIA E. KASL-GODLEY, PHD, is Coordinator of Psychology Training at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Palliative Care Fellowship Program in California. She has published on interventions for anticipatory grief and end-of-life care and is the recipient of the APA's 2003 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology.

• Contributors vPreface vii1 Introduction to End-of-Life Care for Mental Health Professionals 1Julia E. Kasl-Godley2 Trajectories of Chronic Illnesses 26Michelle S. Gabriel3 The Cultural Context of Spirituality and Meaning 43E. Alessandra Strada4 Working With Family Caregivers of Persons With Terminal Illness 64David B. Feldman and Jasmin Llamas5 Serious Mental Illness 85Julia E. Kasl-Godley6 Advance Care Planning 116Michelle S. Gabriel and Sheila Kennedy7 Pharmacologic Management of Pain 128W. Nat Timmins8 Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain and Symptom Management 148Stephanie C. Wallio and Robert K. Twillman9 Grief and Bereavement Care 168Shirley Otis-Green10 Complicated Grief 181E. Alessandra Strada11 Health-Care Teams 201Julia E. Kasl-Godley and Donna Kwilosz12 End-of-Life Care in Long-Term Care Settings 229Mary M. Lewis13 Advocating for Policy Change: The Role of Mental Health Providers 252Robert K. Twillman and Mary M. Lewis14 Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States: Issues, Challenges, Roles, and Implications for Clinicians 263Silvia Sara Canetto15 Creating Ethics Conversations in Community 285Malham M. Wakin16 Professional Self-Care 294E. Alessandra Strada17 Embracing the Existential Invitation to Examine Care at the End of Life 310Shirley Otis-GreenAuthor Index 325Subject Index 335