Revised edition of When professionals weep, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- When our personal selves influence our professional work : an introduction to emotions and countertransference in palliative and end-of-life care / Renee S. Katz, PhD -- Special issues in palliative and end-of-life care -- Suffering and the caring professional / Patrick Arbore, EdD, Renee S. Katz , PhD and Therese A. Johnson, MA -- Risking connection : spirituality in palliative and end-of-life care / David Wendleton, M.Div, Ted Bowman, M.Div, Therese A. Johnson, MA, and Renee S. Katz, PhD -- Client, clinician and supervisor : the dance of parallel process / Tessa ten Tusscher, Ph.D -- Compassionate decision-making near the end of life / Sharmon Figenshaw BSN, MN, ARNP, ACHPN -- Specific populations and settings -- The influence of culture and ethnicity on palliative and end-of-life care / Sandra A. Lopez -- Torture, execution, and abandonment : the hospitalized terminally ill and countertransference / John W. Barnhill, M.D -- The horror and helplessness of violent death / Edward K. Rynearson, M.D., Therese Johnson, M.A., & Fanny Correa, M.S.W -- Professionalism and our humanity : working with children in palliative and end-of-life care / Jane Doe, RN, BSN and Renee S. Katz, PhD -- Ghosts in the consulting room : bereavement, grief and the therapist / Bev Osband, Ph.D -- Social, legal, ethical and organizational influences -- Prisms of the heart : the journey of palliative care / Terry Altilio, MSW and Bridget Sumser, MSW -- The seduction of autonomy : countertransference and physician aid-in-dying / Brian Kelly, BMed, PhD, FRANZCP, FAChPM & Francis T. N. Varghese, MBBS, BMedSci, FRANZCP -- The desire to die : voices from the trenches / Renee S. Katz, PhD and Therese A. Johnson, MA -- Futility and beneficence : where ethics and countertransference intersect in palliative and end-of-life care / Therese A. Johnson, MA -- Implications for practice : models to address countertransference in palliative and end-of-life care -- The respectful death model : difficult conversations in palliative and end-of-life care / Annalu Farber, MBA and Stu Farber, MD -- Balint groups to address countertransference and burnout in palliative and end- of-life care / Katherine Knowlton, PhD and Renee S. Katz, PhD -- Mindfulness in palliative and end-of-life care : meeting the moment fully / Renee S. Katz, Phd -- A group intervention to process and examine countertransference in palliative and end of life care / Yael Danieli, Ph.D -- Conclusion -- The journey inside : examining countertransference and its implications for practice in palliative and end-of-life care / Renee S. Katz, PhD -- Epilogue -- Living every minute / Stuart Farber, MD.