Jill P Farabelli, Sharon M Kimberly, Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, Heather Dale, Dana Dombrowski, J Russell Kieffer, Victoria Leff, Julia L Schott, Andrea Strouth, Christopher A Jones
Palliative care (PC) is perhaps the most inherently interdisciplinary specialty within health care. Comprehensive PC is delivered by a core team of physicians, nurses, social workers, spiritual care providers, pharmacists, and others who address the broad range of medical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of those living with serious illness. While PC clinicians are typically skilled in screening for distress, the best path to follow when patients screen positive for psychosocial distress or exhibit mental health challenges may not always be clear...
February 2020: Journal of Palliative Medicine