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• Title:Transitions in dying and bereavement : a psychosocial guide for hospice and palliative care / by Victoria Hospice Society and Moira Cairns, Marney Thompson, Wendy Wainwright.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cairns, Moira.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Thompson, Marney.
  Wainwright, W. (Wendy)
  Victoria Hospice Society.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Health Professions Press, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB310 .C346 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB310 .C346 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hospice care--Social aspects.
  Hospice care--Psychological aspects.
  Palliative treatment--Psychological aspects.
  Palliative treatment--Social aspects.
  Grief therapy--Psychological aspects.
  Grief therapy--Social aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Attitude to Death.
  Bereavement.
  Grief.
  Hospice Care--psychology.
  Palliative Care--psychology.
  Terminal Care--psychology.
  
• Description:xi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  
• Summary:"Transitions in Dying & Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care compassionately explains the key transitions that chronically ill and dying people, their families, and caregivers move through during the process from diagnosis to death to bereavement. Readers learn the most effective interventions to ease the confusion and stress experienced by clients during these transitions. Clear explanations along with case studies and sample dialogues reveal the issues and challenges presented at each phase of the journey. Readers will also find activities, exercises, personal essays, poetry, and illustrations that put a human face on the hospice experience; ways to improve communication about the experience of dying and bereavement; ways to help in planning for death; ways to help alleviate anxiety, fear, fatigue/burnout, and feelings of denial and powerlessness; perspectives on body image, intimacy, and sexuality in people who are dying; sensitive explanations on navigating the three phases of grief; multicultural and interdenominational perspectives on death and dying; myriad ways to support staff in this highly challenging work." "Nurses, physicians, counselors, social workers, allied health professionals, and volunteers can discover how dying, death, and bereavement can become a rich, complex journey of body, mind, and spirit for all involved."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1878812920
  
• Contents:Introduction: Signposts: Principles, Values, and Assumptions
  1. Establishing the Framework: Integration of Psychological and Palliative Care
  2. Beginning the Journey: Early Diagnosis and Treatment
  3. Path Not Chosen: Recurrence and Chronic Illness
  4. Entering the Unknown: The Shift Toward Hospice and Palliative Care
  5. Long and Winding Road: Illness Predominates
  6. Watching and Waiting: As Death Approaches
  7. Parting of the Ways: Time of Death
  8. Walking the Edges: When a Death Occurs
  9. Entering the Depths: Adjusting to Loss
  10. Reconnecting with the World: Mending the Heart.