MacKinlay, Elizabeth,  1940- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849052900 (alk. paper) 1849052905 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011034747 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016027359  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terminal care.<br/>Palliative treatment.<br/>Caregivers.<br/>Death.<br/>Spirituality.<br/>Attitude to Death.<br/>Caregivers--psychology.<br/>Palliative Care.<br/>Spirituality.<br/>Terminal Care.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.8  / .M24 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>259.3/MAC