Journeys into palliative care : roots and reflections /
This rich collection of accounts explores the personal and professional experiences of palliative care workers. Contributors from a variety of disciplines associated with care at the end of life - among them social workers, a nurse, a doctor, a counselling psychologist, an academic researcher, a psy...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 1417504625 9781417504626 9781846423284 1846423287 9781843100300 1843100304 1283903806 9781283903806 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Journeys into Palliative Care: Roots and Reflections; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Basic Themes; 2. Medicine and Palliative Care: The Bronze Serpent; 3. Early Challenges in Palliative Care from a Social Work Perspective: The Gift of Serendipity; 4. On Becoming a Practitioner: The View of a Psychologist; 5. Explorations in Creative Writing: 'I Recharge Myself from My Experience'; 6. Learning in Palliative Care: Stories from and for my Journey; 7. Accompanying the Dying: The Spiritual Perspective; 8. The Loss of Children: Thinking the Unthinkable.