Abstract
Palliative care is comprised of an interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach with members from different disciplines who collaboratively work together to reduce multidimensional components of pain and suffering and improve quality of life for patients coping with a terminal illness. Psychosocial team members are integral to the palliative care IDT and provide expertise in assessment and empirically validated interventions to address psychological distress. The following paper will provide a review of different facets of psychological distress experienced by advanced cancer patients such as psychological disorders, existential distress, spiritual distress, caregiver distress, parental distress, and grief. Finally, an overview of commonly used screening and assessment tools as well as psychological interventions relevant for the palliative care population is presented.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 651-660 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Cancer Research and Treatment |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2022 |
Keywords
- Emotional distress
- End of life
- End of life care
- Palliative care
- Palliative supportive care
- Psychological distress
- Psychosocial care
- Psychosocial oncology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research