| Description |
xix, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Based on presentations made at the Third International Conference on Ageing and Spirituality held in Adelaide in 2004. |
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"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of religion, spirituality & aging, volume 18, numbers 2/3 and 4 2006." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ageing health care and the spiritual imperative : a view from Scotland / Harriet Mowat -- Continuity, spiritual growth, and coping in later adulthood / Robert C. Atchley -- The spirituality of compassion : a public health response to ageing and end-of-life care / Bruce Rumbold -- Disembodied souls or soul-less bodies : spirituality as fragmentation / Rosalie Hudson -- Spiritual care : recognizing spiritual needs of older adults / Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Helping the flame to stay bright : celebrating the spiritual in dementia / John Killick -- "I am just an ordinary person ..." : spiritual reminiscence in older people with memory loss / Corinne Trevitt, Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Who is afraid of death? Religiousness, spirituality, and death anxiety in late adulthood / Paul Wink -- The pain of dying / Michael Barbato -- Suffering-at the bedside of the dying / David Currow, Meg Hegarty -- Joy in the midst of suffering : clowning as care of the spirit in palliative care / Jenny Thompson-Richards -- Ageing and death : a Buddhist-Christian conceptual framework for spirituality in later life / Ruwan Palapathwala -- The "connection" health care providers make with dying patients / Ann Harrington -- A palliative approach to spirituality in residential aged care / Linda Kristjanson -- Learning to be a professional : two models of competence and related learning strategies / Laurie Grealish -- "Till death us do part" : issues of fidelity in end of life care / Margaret O'Connor, Susan Lee. |
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Older people -- Care -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Medical care -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Religious life -- Congresses.
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Palliative treatment -- Congresses.
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Death -- Congresses.
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Spirituality -- Congresses.
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Aged -- Congresses.
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Death -- Congresses.
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Health Services for the Aged -- Congresses.
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Palliative Care -- Congresses.
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Spirituality -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-
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International Conference on Ageing, Spirituality and Palliative Care (2004 : Adelaide, S.A.)
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| Added Title |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging.
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| ISBN |
0789033410 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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9780789033413 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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0789033429 soft cover alkaline paper |
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9780789033420 soft cover alkaline paper |
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