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• Title:Perspectives on spiritual well-being and aging / edited by James A. Thorson
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Thorson, James A., 1946-
  
• Published/Created:Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2000.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: BL625.4 .P47 2000
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Older people--Religious life.
  Older people--Psychology.
  Aging--Religious aspects.
  
• Description:xx, 210 p. ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0398070377
  0398070385 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Foreword: What Spiritual Well-Being Means to Me / Donald F. Clingan
  Preface / James A. Thorson
  Sect. I. Spiritual Well-Being from the Theological Perspective. 1. Aging and Desert Spirituality / W. Paul Jones. 2. The Sacred Spiral: Spirituality and Aging / Margot Hover. 3. The Theology of Aging / Carl G. Howie. 4. Delayed Gratification and Spiritual Well-Being in the Elderly / Roy Fairchild. 5. Spirituality and Aging / C. Bruce Davis. 6. Decision Making at the End of Life: The Uneasy Connection Between Ethics and Spiritual Beliefs / Amy Marie Haddad
  Sect. II. Spiritual Well-Being from the Research Perspective. 7. The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Health in Later Life / Catherine M. Wotherspoon. 8. Religion, Well-Being, and Health in the Elderly: The Scientific Evidence for an Association / Harold G. Koenig. 9. Spiritual Well-Being, Private Prayer, and Adjustment of Older Cardiac Patients / Ami L. Ai, Ruth E. Dunkle and Christopher Peterson / [et al.]. 10. Filial Responsibility: A Jewish Perspective / Levi Meier. 11. The Meaning of Life in Old Age / Leo E. Missinne. 12. A Case Study of Spiritual Well-Being / John W. Stettner. 13. Developmental Aspects of Death Anxiety and Religion / James A. Thorson and F. C. Powell
  Sect. III. Spiritual Well-Being - Clinical Perspectives. 14. Spirituality, Aging, and Depression / Dan G. Blazer. 15. The Aged, the Judeo-Christian Ethic, and Misuse of Illness for Dependency Needs / Michael B. Miller and Frederick J. Schumacher. 16. The Art of Aging / Edward Paul Cohn. 17. The Life Review: A Pastoral Counseling Technique / Bruce J. Horacek. 18. A Call to Action / Margaret E. Kuhn.