Innovations in End-of-Life Care
an international journal of leaders in end-of-life care

Selected articles by contributors to this issue:

Breitbart W. Spirituality and meaning in supportive care: Spirituality- and meaning-centered group psychotherapy interventions in advanced cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2002;10(4):272-280.

Breitbart W, Rosenfeld B, Pessin H, Kaim M, Funesti-Esch J, Galietta M, Nelson CJ, Brescia R. Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000;284(22):2907-2911.

Breitbart W, Rosenfeld BD. Physician-assisted suicide: The influence of psychosocial issues. Cancer Control. 1999;6(2):146-161.

Breitbart W, Chochinov HM, Passik S. Psychiatric Aspects of Palliative Care. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 2nd ed., D. Doyle, GWC Hanks, N. MacDonald (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, 933-954.

Carstairs S, Chochinov HM. Politics, palliation, and Canadian progress in end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2001;4(3):396-399.

Chochinov HM. Dignity-conserving care—a new model for palliative care: Helping the patient feel valued. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;287:2253-2260.

Chochinov HM. Psychiatry and terminal illness. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2000;45(2):143-150.

Chochinov HM, Hack T, McClement S, Kristjanson L, Harlos M. Dignity in the terminally ill: A developing empirical model. Social Science & Medicine. 2002;54:433-443.

Chochinov H, Breitbart W (eds.). Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Chochinov HM, Wilson KG, Enns M, Lander S. Depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation in the terminally ill. Psychosomatics. 1998;39(4):366-370.

Greenstein M, Breitbart W. Cancer and the experience of meaning: A group psychotherapy program for people with cancer. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2000;54(4):486-501.

Jacobsen PB, Breitbart W. Psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Cancer Control. 1996;3(3):214-222.

Janssens RM, ten Have HA, Zylicz Z. Hospice and euthanasia in the Netherlands: An ethical point of view. Journal of Medical Ethics. 1999;25(5):408-412.

Lander M, Wilson K, Chochinov HM. Depression and the dying older patient. Clinical Geriatric Medicine. 2000;16(2):335-356.

Mulder J, Gregory D. Transforming experience into wisdom: Healing amidst suffering. Journal of Palliative Care. 2000;16(2):25-29.

Nelson CJ, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W, Galietta M. Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally ill. Psychosomatics. 2002;43(3):213-220.

Patterson AG, Trask PC, Schwartz SM, Deaner SL, Riba M, Holland J, Fleischman SB, Breitbart W. Screening and treatment of distress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2001;69(2):339.

Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W, Galietta M, Kaim M, Funesti-Esch J, Pessin H, Nelson CJ, Brescia R. The schedule of attitudes toward hastened death: Measuring desire for death in terminally ill cancer patients. Cancer. 2000;88(12):2868-2875.

Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W. Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000;343(2):151; discussion 151-153.

Rosenfeld B, Breitbart W, Stein K, Funesti-Esch J, Laim M, Krivo S, Galietta M. Measuring desire for death among patients with HIV/AIDS: The schedule of attitudes toward hastened death. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1999;156(1):94-100.

Schuster JL, Breitbart W, Chochinov HM. Psychiatric aspects of excellent end-of-life care. Psychosomatics. 1999;40(1):1-4.

Zylicz Z. Palliative Care and Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Observations of a Dutch Physician. In The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care, K Foley, H Hendin (eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopikins University Press, 2002.

Zylicz Z. Ethical considerations in the treatment of pain in a hospice environment. Patient Education and Counseling. 2000;41(1):47-53.

Zylicz Z, Finlay IG. Euthanasia and palliative care: Reflections from the Netherlands and the U.K. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 1999;92(7):370-373.

Other targeted references:

Barsevick AM, Sweeney C, Haney E, Chung E. A systematic qualitative analysis of psychoeducational interventions for depression in patients with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2002;29(1):73-84; quiz 85-87.

Block SD. Assessing and managing depression in the terminally ill patient. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2000;132(3):209-218.

Cohen LM, Steinberg MD, Hails KC, Dobscha SK, Fischel SV. Psychiatric evaluation of death-hastening requests. Lessons from dialysis discontinuation. Psychosomatics. 2000;41(3):195-203.

Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Emanuel LL. Attitudes and desires related to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among terminally ill patients and their caregivers. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000;284:2460-2468.

Filiberti A, Ripamonti C, Totis A, Ventafridda V, De Conno F, Contiero P, Tamburini M. Characteristics of terminal cancer patients who committed suicide during a home palliative care program. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2001;22(1):544-553.

Foley K, Hendin H (eds.). The Case against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

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Gallo JJ, Coyne JC. The challenge of depression in late life: Bridging science and service in primary care. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000;284(12):1570-1572.

Ganzini L, Lee MA, Heintz RT, Bloom JD, Fenn DS. The effect of depression treatment on elderly patients' preferences for life-sustaining medical therapy. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1994;151(11):1631-1636.

Halpern J. From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 3002.

Henderson-Brown HJ, Henteleff P, Barakat S, Rowe CJ. Is it normal for terminally ill patients to desire death? American Journal of Psychiatry. 1986;143:208-211.

Holland JC. Improving the human side of cancer care: Psycho-oncology's contribution. Cancer Journal. 2001;7(6):458-471.

Holtom N, Barraclough J. Is the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) useful in assessing depression in palliative care? Palliative Medicine. 2000;14(3):219-220.

Hotopf M, Chidgey J, Addington-Hall J, Lan Ly K. Depression in advanced disease: A systematic review. Part 1. Prevalence and case finding. Palliative Medicine. 2002;16:81-97.

Kearney M. A Place of Healing: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Kearney M. Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death and Healing. New York: Simon & Schuster, Touchstone, 1997.

Kendrick T. Why can't GPs follow guidelines on depression? British Medical Journal. 2000;320:200-201.

Kissane DW, Clarke DM, Street AF. Demoralization syndrome—a relevant psychiatric diagnosis for palliative care. Journal of Palliative Care. 2001;17(1):12-21.

Kissane DW, Kelly BJ. Demoralisation, deprssion and desire for death: Problems with the Dutch guidelines for euthanasia of the mentally ill. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2000;34(2):325-333.

Kleepies PM, Hughes DH, Gallacher FP. Suicide in the medically and terminally ill: Psychological and ethical considerations. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2000;56(9):1153-1171.

Lees N, Lloyd-Williams M. Assessing depression in palliative care patients using the visual analogue scale: A pilot study. European Journal of Cancer Care. 1999;8(4):220-223.

Lloyd-Williams M. Is it appropriate to screen palliative care patients for depression? American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2002;19(2):112-114.

Lloyd-Williams M. Screening for depression in palliative care. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2001;18(2):79-80.

Lan-Ly K, Chidgey J, Addington-Hall J, Hotopf M. Depression in palliative care: A systematic review. Part 2. Treatment. Palliative Medicine. 2002;16:279-284.

Pasacreta JV, Minarik PA, Nield-Anderson L. Anxiety and Depression. In Textbook of Palliative Nursing, BR Ferrell, N Coyle (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, 269-289.

Periyakoil VS, Hallenbeck J. Identifying and managing preparatory grief and depression at the end of life. American Family Physician. 2002;65(5):883-890.

Rabow MW, McPhee S. Beyond breaking bad news: How to help patients who suffer. Western Journal of Medicine. 1999;171;260-263.

Richer, MC, Ezer H. Living in it, living with it, and moving on: Dimension of meaning during chemotherapy. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2002;29(1):113-119.

Rosenblatt L, Block SD. Depression, decision making, and the cessation of life-sustaining treatment. Western Journal of Medicine. 2001;175:320-325.

Rousseau P. Kindness and the end of life. Western Journal of Medicine. 2001;174:292.

Rousseau P. Hope in the terminally ill. Western Journal of Medicine. 2000;173:117-118.

Stiefel R, Die Trill M, Berney A, Olarte JM, Razavi A. Depression in palliative care: A pragmatic report from the Expert Working Group of the European Association for Palliative Care. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2001;9(7):477-488.

Street AF, Kissane DW. Constructions of dignity in end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Care. 2001;17(2):93-101.

Sullivan MD. Treatment of depression at the end of life: Clinical and ethical issues. Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 1998;3(2):151-156.

Tiernan E, Casey P, O'Boyle C, Birkbeck G, Mangan M, O'Siorain L, Kearney M. Relations between desire for early death, depressive symptoms and antidepressant prescribing in terminally ill patients with cancer. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.. 2002;98(5):271-277.

Unützer J, Katon W, Callahan CM, et al. for the IMPACT Investigators. Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the primary care setting: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288:2836-2845.

Whooley MA, Simon GE. Managing depression in medical outpatients. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000;343(26):1942-1950.