What's in the Syringe?
Juliet Jacobsen, Vicki A. Jackson, Joseph A. Greer, Jennifer S. Temel
Abstract
<italic>What’s in the Syringe? Principles of Early Integrated Palliative Care</italic>, a guide for clinicians, teaches the psychological skills of outpatient palliative care. It does so based on a framework that articulates five challenges faced by patients through the illness trajectory. Each challenge forms the focus of a chapter. By helping patients meet each challenge, clinicians help them cope with serious illness. Patients thereby experience better quality of life and develop prognostic awareness. From this awareness, they can make informed medical and personal decisions. Each chapter focuses on clinical skills to support patients as they take up that challenge. Each chapter then ends with a discussion of how to collaborate with oncology colleagues around that challenge. Rich in illustrative examples and built around case-based chapters, the book draws on two decades of research and clinical experience.