Palliative care
Subtitle: a practical guide for the health professional : finding meaning and purpose in life and death
By: Kathryn M. Boog, Claire Y. Tester ; foreword by Harvey Max Chochinov.
Contributors: Tester, Claire Y.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone / Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780443103803
Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Care of the sick.; Occupational therapy.; Occupational Therapy.; Palliative Care.; Terminally Ill -- psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges in palliative care / Kathryn Boog; title: Impact / Claire Tester; title: Attachment and relationships / Claire Tester; title: Palliative rehabilitation / Claire Tester; title: Spirituality / Kathryn Boog; title: Bereavement : the pain of loving / Claire Tester; title: Counselling skills : painting a clearer picture / Kathryn Boog; title: Creativity / Kathryn Boog; title: Play and leisure / Claire Tester; title: Using guided imagery as a relaxation technique for self help / Kathryn Boog; title: Telling tales : the importance of narrative in our lives / Kathryn Boog; title: Communication : making connections / Kathryn Boog; title: Hearts and minds : how the unconscious affects us / Claire Tester; title: Keeping going : as staff / Claire Tester; title: All that was left? Hope / Kathryn Boog with Claire Tester.