Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care

Professor Mari Lloyd-Williams qualified from Leicester University medical school. She was appointed Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer to the University of Leicester Hospitals Trust and LOROs Hospice prior to moving to the University of Liverpool as Consultant and Senior Lecturer. ln 2003 Mari was promoted to a personal chair. She has published over 150 papers and lectures both nationally and internationally and is lead of the highly successful Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group. Mari has served on several national committees and working parties and lives with her family in North Wales where she enjoys cooking, reading and long walks in the countryside.

• 1: Aliki Karapliagou, Allan Kellehear, and Klaus Wegleitner: The public health end-of-life care movement: History, principles, and styles of practice 2: Alexandra Mancini and Paula Abramson: Communication and psychosocial issues within neonatal palliative care 3: Philip J. Larkin: The call to social inclusion: Psychosocial care for the marginalized in society 4: Linda McEnhill: Psychosocial care in diverse communities and encouraging communities to support each other 5: Nigel Hartley: Models of psychosocial care for patients and their families: The role of volunteers in supporting psychosocial needs 6: Karen Harrison Dening: Dementia, multimorbidity and frailty 7: David W. Kissane: Psychosocial care of families in palliative care 8: Susan McClement: The meaning of dignity in psychosocial care 9: Matthew Hotopf: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of depression in advanced disease 10: Luigi Grassi, Maria Giulia Nanni, and Rosangela Caruso: Psychotherapeutic interventions 11: Mark Cobb: Spiritual care 12: Allison M. Marziliano, Wendy Lichtenthal, and Holly G. Prigerson: Diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)

Case studies bring the subject to life as well as providing practical advice ... despite having been involved in palliative care for more than 20 years I found this book thought-provoking and I have learnt from reading it.