During a casual conversation with my physician today, he lamented the absence
of empirically based guidelines for counselling terminally ill patients.
Having had some interest in issues of death and dying back in the 70s when I
was an undergraduate (remember Kubler-Ross?) I thought that for sure there
would be some research on these matters by now. So, I conducted a brief search
for information using MedLine and PsychInfo but, to my surprise, I came up with
little empirical research on effective counselling techniques for the
terminally ill. Perhaps I am not using the correct search terms. In any
event, is anyone aware of any such research? I would think that with the
advent of the AIDS epidemic there would be some established guidelines in this
area.
Miguel
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Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Voice: (718) 390-4513
Assoc. Prof. of Psychology Fax: (718) 442-3612
Dept. of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
St. John's University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
300 Howard Avenue http://area51.stjohns.edu/~roig
Staten Island, NY 10301
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