Dying - A Transition

Informationen zum Autor Monika Renz is a practicing psychotherapist, music therapist, theologian, and spiritual caregiver and has been head of the psycho-oncology unit at St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland, since 1998. She holds a Ph.D. in psychopathology and in theology/spirituality. An international lecturer and the author of several books, her research focuses on dying, spirituality, and spiritual care and can be found at www.monikarenz.ch. Klappentext Offers a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates a radical reconsideration of our transition to death Zusammenfassung Offers a process-based! patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates a radical reconsideration of our transition to death Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: In Search of Inner Experiences of Dying 1. Dying and the Transformation of Perception 2. The Three Stages of Transition and Dignity 3. What Is Primordial Fear? "The 'I' Dies Into a 'Thou'" 4. Other Hearing: Beyond Space and Time 5. Metaphors of Transition 6. The Sites of Transition: Fear, Struggle, Acceptance, Family Processes, Maturation 7. Dying with Dignity: Indication-Oriented End-of-Life Care Epilogue Appendix Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Monika Renz, Monika (Kantonsspital) Renz, Renz Monika
• Assisted by: Mark Kyburz (Translation), Kyburz Mark (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780231170888
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17088-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 217 mm x 15 mm
• Series: End-of-Life Care: A Series; End-of-Life Care: A Series
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Terminal Care, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Care of the elderly, Terminal care nursing, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans