Palliative care, ageing, and spirituality
Subtitle: a guide for older people, carers, and families
By: Elizabeth MacKinlay
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781849052900
Subjects: Spirituality; Death; Palliative treatment; Terminal care; Caregivers
Other titles: Palliative care, aging, and spirituality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : about growing older, dying, and death; title: Grief and loss : a part of life; title: Fear of dying; title: The final life career : is this only a time of waiting for death? or is there something more?; title: Acceptance that death will come; title: Pain, distress, and suffering; title: Prayer; title: Responding to meaning : symbol and ritual; title: Transcendence in the process of death and dying; title: Healing of relationships; title: Intimacy and dying; title: Dementia and dying; title: Ethical and moral issues in death and dying; title: The final days and hours of the journey; title: Learning to live without my partner.