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Clearing the Path is a collection of clinical stories that illustrate practical, applicable communication tools for professionals in work with end-of-life patients and families. These vignettes from practice demonstrate how impending death, death itself, and the loss of a relationship affect the lives and grief of both patients and survivors.
List of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Grief Map
- Part I. Preparing for Death
- Chapter 1: Living Eulogy: Giving the Patient Maximum Control
- Chapter 2: No- Man's Land: Last- Wishes Dilemma
- Chapter 3: Ready When You Are: Preparing for Death
- Chapter 4: The Phoenix: Dealing with Recurring Illness and Remissions
- Chapter 5: It Takes a Village: Where Culture Defines Us
- Chapter 6: Legacy: Choosing What to Leave Behind
- Chapter 7: Last Respects: Communication with Patient and Family
- Part II. Preparing Children for a Death
- Chapter 8: Plan B: Using Teachable Moments with Children
- Chapter 9: Denial: Blessing the Children Before You Go
- Chapter 10: Carpet Talk: Talking to Small Children about a Dying Classmate
- Chapter 11: Last Lullaby: Saying Goodbye to Young Children
- Part III. Unexpected Death and Associated Concerns
- Chapter 12: Haunted: Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Death
- Part IV. Funeral- Related Concerns
- Chapter 13: The Big Event: Children and Family Funerals
- Chapter 14: It's My Party: Allowing Someone to Speak
- Part V. After Death: Bereavement- Related Concerns
- Chapter 15: Clearing the Path: Holding on by Letting Go
- Chapter 16: Refresh: Neutralizing Destructive Memorials
- Chapter 17: Hand- Me- Down Death: Blessing and Cursing
- Chapter 18: The Taj Mahal: Choosing to Leave Your Ghosts Behind
- Chapter 19: Renovation: Reframing the Narrative
- Part VI. Communication- Related Concerns
- Chapter 20: Quicksand: The Trap in Your Past
- Chapter 21: The Petrified Woman: Making Assumptions
- Chapter 22: The Silent Woman: Messages That Go Unheard
- Part VII. Other Topics and Concerns
- Chapter 23: The Cornerman: Defining Your Work
- Chapter 24: The Ripple Effect: Who Will Leave Next?
- Chapter 25: Senicide: Suicide Contagion
- Chapter 26: The Threat: How Do You Know It's Real?
- Chapter 27: Dancing on Blood: The Side Effects of Transplants
- Chapter 28: Basil: Recovering or Reinventing the Self
- Chapter 29: The Stuff of Dreams: Finding the Meaning
- Chapter 30: Surviving Death: The End of Grief
- Appendix A: The Toolbox
- Appendix B: Looking for the End of Grief
- Afterword
- Index
About the author
Lynne Halamish is a Thanatologist (M.A., C.T.), an expert in death and dying, loss and grieving. She is a counsellor for grieving and dying people, and a teacher, lecturing and providing workshops, locally and internationally, to professionals in the health field, psychosocial field, educational field, and to groups of grievers. In hospitals, medical and nursing schools, professional conferences, high schools, army bases, and community settings. She also provides supervision to experts in the field. Member of the Kappy and Eric Flanders National Palliative Care Resource Centre of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Summary
Clearing the Path is a collection of clinical stories that illustrate practical, applicable communication tools for professionals in work with end-of-life patients and families. These vignettes from practice demonstrate how impending death, death itself, and the loss of a relationship affect the lives and grief of both patients and survivors.
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This book will serve as a wonderful reference for professional palliative care workers and as a primer for novices in the field.
