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Setting Up and Facilitating Bereavement Support Groups
A Practical Guide
A practical introduction to setting up and facilitating bereavement support groups, guiding the reader through all stages. It examines the different skills needed, and uses case studies and research to suggest models of best practice across a range of group settings. The guidance will help make groups successful for participants and facilitators. more »
2012, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-271-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, death, giftedness, grief, palliative care, pastoral care, practical theology, social work
Making Sense of Near-Death Experiences
A Handbook for Clinicians
This accessible guide to near-death experience (NDE) provides an overview of the nature of the phenomenon and the theory and evidence underlying it. With contributions from eminent experts, it provides any professional who may come into contact with someone who has experienced an NDE with the knowledge they need to understand and help. more »
2011, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-149-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: counselling, death, health care, mental health, nursing, palliative care, paranormal psychology, practical theology, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, social work, spirituality
Spiritual Care at the End of Life
The Chaplain as a 'Hopeful Presence'
This book examines the services that chaplains provide to dying patients and the unique relationship that palliative care staff construct with people at the end of life. It explores the nature of hope when faced with the inevitable and develops a theory of spiritual care rooted in relationship that has implications for all healthcare professionals. more »
2011, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-199-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: grief, mental health, palliative care, pastoral care, practical theology, spirituality, theology
How We Treat the Sick
Neglect and Abuse in our Health Services
The author shows beyond question that neglectful care is a systemic blight, rather than mere local blemish, within our health services. He analyses the causes and factors involved, reveals the widespread denial and lack of accountability from those responsible, and spells out implications of this failure to care for the vulnerable with humanity. more »
2011, Paperback: £19.99/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-160-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 384pp
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dementia, disability, disability law, health care, mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, older people, palliative care, pastoral care, practical theology, risk assessment, social care, social policy, trauma
What Makes a Good Nurse
Why the Virtues are Important for Nurses
Derek Sellman sets the case for re-establishing the primacy of the virtues that underpin the practice of nursing in order to address the question: what makes a good nurse? He provides those in the caring professions with an explanation of why and how nurses should strive to cultivate these virtues, as well as the implications of this for practice. more »
2011, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-932-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: health care, mental health, nursing, palliative care, practical theology, spirituality
Speaking of Dying
A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care
Heyse-Moore draws on his wealth of experience as a trained counsellor and palliative medicine specialist, he covers difficult subjects such as breaking the news of terminal illness to a patient, euthanasia and the effect of working with patients on carers. This hands-on guide will be an invaluable companion to anyone working in palliative care. more »
2008, Paperback: £18.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-678-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, dementia, health care, mental health, older people, palliative care, practical theology, spirituality
Prayer in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Exploring a Hidden Meaningful Dimension
Gubi argues that philosophically, all counselling can be regarded as prayer, particularly when working at relational depth; that prayer plays an important part in maintaining many mainstream counsellors' well-being and, with considered ethical awareness, prayer can be integrated ethically into counselling when working with people of faith. more »
2007, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-519-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: counselling, palliative care, practical theology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, spirituality, theology
Nearing Death Awareness
A Guide to the Language, Visions, and Dreams of the Dying
This book presents a variety of experience-based perspectives on working in palliative care. Emphasising the use of self and the importance of reflective practice in professional work, the book will be of relevance to professionals in medical and social care who want to gain a deeper understanding of their work and of the motivation underlying it. more »
2007, Paperback: £13.99/ $19.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-857-3, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 128pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, death, mental health, palliative care, paranormal psychology, practical theology, spirituality, theology
Making Sense of Spirituality in Nursing and Health Care Practice
An Interactive Approach
2nd edition
This new edition of an established introductory guide to spirituality and health care practice draws extensively on case studies illustrating the application of theory to practice. It encourages the exploration, through reflective activities, of what spirituality means, both to patients and to the healthcare professionals caring for them. more »
2006, Paperback: £16.99/ $28.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-365-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp
Keywords: bereavement, health care, mental health, nursing, older people, palliative care, practical theology, spirituality, theology
Dealing with Death
A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law
2nd edition
Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely updated and expanded second edition takes into account changes in UK law and the impact of the Harold Shipman and Alder Hey enquiries. more »
2006, Paperback: £40.00/ $79.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-381-3, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 352pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, death, health care, mental health, palliative care, practical theology, social care, social work, social work law, theology
Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life
This book explores the spiritual dimension of ageing and investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues. Focusing on the experience of nursing home residents and anecdotes gathered in interviews, MacKinlay sensitively presents the struggles facing older people in need of care. more »
2006, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-231-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
Keywords: health care, older people, palliative care, practical theology, psychoanalysis, spirituality, theology
Dancing with Dementia
My Story of Living Positively with Dementia
Christine Bryden was a top civil servant and single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype by campaigning for self-advocacy, writing articles and speaking at national conferences. This book is a vivid account of the author's experiences of dementia. more »
2005, Paperback: £13.99/ $21.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-332-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp
Keywords: counselling, dementia, fiction, memoirs, older people, palliative care, practical theology, theology
Attending to the Fact – Staying with Dying
This inspiring poetry collection explores one of the most painful subjects to make sense of in writing - caring for the dying and the dead. Drawing on the authors' work in hospices, these poems explore the experience of either supporting, or being, someone going through the physical changes and complex emotions that accompany ill-health and death. more »
2004, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-247-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 128pp
Keywords: bereavement, counselling, creative writing as therapy, creativity, death, grief, health care, older people, palliative care, practical theology, theology
Being Mindful, Easing Suffering
Reflections on Palliative Care
The author describes how he has combined traditional medical and more reflective models in his palliative practice, enabling him to work mindfully to alleviate physical and non-physical pain and suffering throughout the health-illness cycle. This is an essential resource for professionals working with the seriously ill and the dying. more »
2004, Paperback: £24.99/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-212-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp
Keywords: bereavement, grief, older people, palliative care, practical theology, theology
Ageing, Spirituality and Well-being
This book explores how well-being is not about physical health alone; having purpose in life and continual spiritual growth are vital elements for older individuals. This book provides guidance on how the particular spiritual needs of this age group can be defined and addressed, and how meaningful care and support can be given. more »
2003, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-167-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: older people, palliative care, practical theology, spirituality, theology
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