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• Title:Palliative care, ageing and spirituality : a guide for older people, carers and families / Elizabeth MacKinlay.
  
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• Variant Title:Palliative care, aging and spirituality
  
• Author/Creator:MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-
  
• Published/Created:London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB310 .M158p 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Terminal care.
  Palliative treatment.
  Caregivers.
  Death.
  Spirituality.
  
• Medical Subjects: Terminal Care--psychology.
  
• Description:141 pages ; 22 cm
  
• Summary:"This sensitive and compassionate book provides older people who are nearing the end of life and their loved ones, as well as the professionals who work with them, with a greater depth of understanding of spiritual issues surrounding death and dying. Illustrated with the experiences of many older people, it explores important themes such as grief and loss; fear; pain, distress and suffering; acceptance; transcendence; prayer; the healing of relationships; and intimacy, and shows that the final journey towards death can be one of the most spiritually meaningful times in the life of an older person"--Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781849052900 (alk. paper)
  1849052905 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Grief and Loss: A Part of Life
  2. Fear of Dying
  3. Final Life Career: Is this only a Time of Waiting for Death? Or is there Something More?
  4. Accepting that Death will Come
  5. Pain, Distress and Suffering
  6. Prayer
  7. Responding to Meaning: Symbol and Ritual
  8. Transcendence in the Process of Death and Dying
  9. Healing of Relationships
  10. Intimacy and Dying
  11. Dementia and Dying
  12. Ethical and Moral Issues in Dying and Death
  13. Final Days and Hours of the Journey
  14. Learning to Live without my Partner.