Palliative care, ageing and spirituality :
MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-
Palliative care, ageing and spirituality : a guide for older people, carers and families / Palliative care, aging and spirituality Elizabeth MacKinlay. - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012. - 141 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : about growing older, dying, and death -- Grief and loss : a part of life -- Fear of dying -- The final life career : is this only a time of waiting for death? or is there something more? -- Acceptance that death will come -- Pain, distress, and suffering -- Prayer -- Responding to meaning : symbol and ritual -- Transcendence in the process of death and dying -- Healing of relationships -- Intimacy and dying -- Dementia and dying -- Ethical and moral issues in death and dying -- The final days and hours of the journey -- Learning to live without my partner.
9781849052900 (alk. paper) 1849052905 (alk. paper)
2011034747
016027359 Uk
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Caregivers.
Death.
Spirituality.
Attitude to Death.
Caregivers--psychology.
Palliative Care.
Spirituality.
Terminal Care.
R726.8 / .M24 2012
259.3/MAC
Palliative care, ageing and spirituality : a guide for older people, carers and families / Palliative care, aging and spirituality Elizabeth MacKinlay. - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012. - 141 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : about growing older, dying, and death -- Grief and loss : a part of life -- Fear of dying -- The final life career : is this only a time of waiting for death? or is there something more? -- Acceptance that death will come -- Pain, distress, and suffering -- Prayer -- Responding to meaning : symbol and ritual -- Transcendence in the process of death and dying -- Healing of relationships -- Intimacy and dying -- Dementia and dying -- Ethical and moral issues in death and dying -- The final days and hours of the journey -- Learning to live without my partner.
9781849052900 (alk. paper) 1849052905 (alk. paper)
2011034747
016027359 Uk
Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Caregivers.
Death.
Spirituality.
Attitude to Death.
Caregivers--psychology.
Palliative Care.
Spirituality.
Terminal Care.
R726.8 / .M24 2012
259.3/MAC
