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Author Cobb, Mark.

Title The dying soul : spiritual care at the end of life / Mark Cobb.

Imprint Buckingham ; Phildelphia, Pa. : Open University, ©2001.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  291.178321 C653D    Check Shelf
Description viii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Facing death series
Facing death.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-142) and index.
Contents The palliative care quadrilateral -- Spiritual care, pastoral care and Christianity -- Understanding spirituality -- Being specific -- Science, medicine and spirituality -- Transcendence and the nature of spirituality -- Soul -- The challenge of spirituality -- Expressions of the spiritual -- Religion -- Sacred and secular -- Spirituality of a new age -- Dying and death: a spiritual place? -- Death is nothing -- Facing death -- The rituals of death -- After death -- Who cares for the spirit? -- Recognizing a need -- Chaplains -- Nurses -- Spiritual care and the team approach -- The place of spirituality in palliative care -- Is spirituality intrinsic to palliative care? -- The organization of spirituality -- New directions in spiritual care -- A professional approach to spiritual care -- Professional practice -- Standards of care -- Knowledge, skills and training -- Developing spiritual care -- Spiritual pluralism -- The presence of religion -- Exploring death -- Spiritual care by whom? -- The directions of spiritual care -- A professional spiritual care?
Summary Holistic models of palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important element. But what is meant by spirituality and how do we provide spiritual care? This work looks at how it is experienced and expressed in terminal care.
Processing Action Legacy 2017 UoY
Subject Terminally ill.
Death -- Religious aspects.
Terminal care -- Religious aspects.
Pastoral Care. (DNLM)D010327
Terminally Ill -- psychology. (DNLM)D019452Q000523
Attitude to Death. (DNLM)D001293
Palliative Care. (DNLM)D010166
Religion. (DNLM)D012067
Death -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst00888649
Terminal care -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst01147851
Terminally ill. (OCoLC)fst01147878
Sterbeseelsorge (DE-588)4116609-7
Other Form: Online version: Cobb, Mark. Dying soul. Buckingham ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Open University, ©2001 (OCoLC)606522589
ISBN 0335200532 (pbk.)
9780335200535 (pbk.)
0335200540 (hbk.)
9780335200542 (hbk.)
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