Virtual Reality for Serious Illness

Virtual Reality for Serious Illness explores the important role virtual reality interventions can play in symptom management, anxiety control, and spiritual meaning.

List of contents

1. Case Studies in Virtual Reality 2. Disconnect between Humanity and Medicine 3. The Application of VR in Mental-Health Care 4. Virtual Reality in Children and Adolescents with Pain and Palliative-Care Needs 5. Healing the Palliative Practitioner 6. Creating Awe: Virtual Reality for Palliative and End-of-Life Patients 7. The Art of Immersive Storytelling with Bio-Data 8. Aesthetic Experiences in Healthcare 9. Skill Sets of the Facilitator

About the author

Kathleen D. Benton, PhD, MA, is the president and CEO for a Savannah-area hospice and palliative care organization. Previously, she served as the director of ethics and palliative care at St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital for over a decade.
Teri Yarbrow, MFA, MS, is the president and CEO of MagikaVRx, founder of Creating AWE, a VR evangelist, and professor of immersive medicine at the Mercer University School of Medicine

Summary

Virtual Reality for Serious Illness explores the important role virtual reality interventions can play in symptom management, anxiety control, and spiritual meaning.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen D. (Augusta Medical College of Ge Benton
• Assisted by: Kathleen D. Benton (Editor), Teri Yarbrow (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032639642
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263964-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Virtual Reality, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Nursing, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Midwifery, Palliative Medicine, MEDICAL / Pain Management