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    Palliative care : a practical guide for the health professional : finding meaning and purpose in life and death / Kathryn M. Boog, Claire Y. Tester ; foreword by Harvey Max Chochinov.

    • Title:Palliative care : a practical guide for the health professional : finding meaning and purpose in life and death / Kathryn M. Boog, Claire Y. Tester ; foreword by Harvey Max Chochinov.
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    • Variant Title:Practical guide for the health professional
    • Author/Creator:Boog, Kathryn M.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Tester, Claire.
    • Published/Created:Edinburgh ; Toronto : Elsevier, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment.
      Care of the sick.
      Occupational therapy.
    • Medical Subjects: Occupational Therapy.
      Palliative Care.
      Terminally Ill--psychology.
    • Description:xiv, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780443103803
      0443103801
    • Contents:Sect. 1. Exploring the impact of dying and death
      Ch. 1. Challenges in palliative care / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 2. Impact / Claire Tester
      App. 2.1. Children's understanding of death and dying / Claire Tester
      Ch. 3. Attachment and relationships / Claire Tester
      App. 3.1. Thinking about babies / Claire Tester
      Ch. 4. Palliative rehabilitation / Claire Tester
      App. 4.1. Pain assessment in children / Claire Tester
      App. 4.2. Children's care plans / Claire Tester
      App. 4.3. Home from home comfort map / Claire Tester
      Ch. 5. Spirituality / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 6. Bereavement - the pain of loving / Claire Tester
      App. 6.1. Bereavement support for children / Claire Tester
      Sect. 2. Creative interventions
      Ch. 7. Counselling skills - painting a clearer picture / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 8. Creativity / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 9. Play and leisure / Claire Tester
      App. 9.1. Sensory assessment / Claire Tester
      Ch. 10. Using guided imagery as a relaxation technique for self-help / Kathryn Boog
      App. 10.1. Breathing exercise for anxiety-related breathlessness / Kathryn Boog
      App. 10.2. Scripts for relaxation / Kathryn Boog
      App. 10.3. Leaflet for relaxation / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 11. Telling tales - the importance of narrative in our lives / Kathryn Boog
      Ch. 12. Communication - making connections / Kathryn Boog
      App. 12.1. Diary page / Kathryn Boog
      App. 12.2. Illustrated diary page / Kathryn Boog
      App. 12.3. Illustrations for a communication chart / Kathryn Boog
      App. 12.4. Therapeutic communication with children / Claire Tester
      Sect. 3. How to survive as staff
      Ch. 13. Hearts and minds - how the unconscious affects us / Claire Tester
      Ch. 14. Keeping going - as staff / Claire Tester
      If - / Rudyard Kipling
      App. 14.1. Strategies for keeping going / Claire Tester
      Ch. 15. All that was left ... hope / Kathryn Boog and Claire Tester.
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