TY - BOOK AU - MacKinlay,Elizabeth TI - Palliative care, ageing and spirituality: a guide for older people, carers and families SN - 9781849052900 (alk. paper) AV - R726.8 .M24 2012 U1 - 259.3/MAC 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London, Philadelphia PB - Jessica Kingsley Publishers KW - Terminal care KW - Palliative treatment KW - Caregivers KW - Death KW - Spirituality KW - Attitude to Death KW - psychology KW - Palliative Care KW - Terminal Care N1 - 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 ER -