| Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts Contributor(s): Elfick, Hilary (Contribution by), Eckstein, Sue (Contribution by), Farsides, Bobbie (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1843105160 ISBN-13: 9781843105169 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Terminal Care |
| Dewey: 615.851 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.4" W x 9.14" (0.76 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings. These range from simple painting and writing activities to organized communal activities like writing and performing a play. The arts are shown to offer a means to reflect on memories, hopes, fears and anxieties, and gently explore the emotional, spiritual, and psychological issues which can aid a fuller understanding of oneself and one's condition. The arts also serve as a way to communicate difficult and complex feelings to professionals or family members not possible in everyday conversation. Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts offers valuable insights and inspiration for any practitioner working in a palliative care setting. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bolton, Gillie: - Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-five years, and has written and edited five books, one of which is now in its third edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire.Johns, Christopher: - Christopher Johns is a teacher, researcher, nursing practitioner, reflexologist, therapeutic touch practitioner and a reader in Advanced Nursing Practice, at the University of Luton. He has published extensively on palliative care and reflective practice and caring theory.White, Mike: - Mike White is Senior Research Fellow in Arts in Health at the Centre for Medical Humanities and St. Chad's College, Durham. He was awarded a fellowship of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in 2004 to research community-based arts in health and build national/international links in this field. He was previously Assistant Director for Arts at Gateshead Council where he developed many arts in health and arts for older people projects, as well as public art commissions such as the Angel of the North by Antony Gormley.Hartley, Nigel: - "Nigel Hartley has worked in End-of-Life Care for almost 30 years, between 2003 and 2015 as Director of Supportive Care at the St Christopher's Group, London where he was responsible for transforming day and outpatient services, developing volunteers and also leading on Community Engagement. He previously held posts at London Lighthouse, a Centre for those living with HIV/AIDS, and also at Sir Michael Sobell House Hospice in Oxford. He has a postgraduate qualification in management from Ashridge Business School, England and has an international reputation as a teacher and lecturer. Nigel also sits on the Editorial Board of the journal 'Mortality' - which promotes the interdisciplinary study of death and dying. He is a Visiting Academic at the University of Southampton and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is currently Chief Executive Officer at Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight in the South of England." |