Palliative care, ageing and spirituality : a guide for older people, carers and families - MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940- (London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Terminal care; Palliative treatment; Caregivers; Death; Spirituality; Attitude to Death; Caregivers -- psychology; Palliative Care; Spirituality; Terminal Care