Dying, bereavement and the healing arts
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 ai…
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- Full title :Dying, bereavement and the healing arts / edited by Gillie Bolton ; foreword by Baroness Professor Ilora Finlay of Llandaff.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (216 pages) : : illustrations, portraits
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781846426803, 1846426804
- oclc:ocn191868779
- LC Classification:RC489.A7
- Dewey Decimal:615.8515
Table of Contents
Introduction: Dying, bereavement and the healing arts / Gillie Bolton -- A death photographed: Michael Willson's story / Paul Schatzberger and Gillie Bolton -- Arts, electronic media, movement: Rosetta life / Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and Chris Rawlence -- Theatre for professional development / Ashley Barnes -- Visual art for professional development / Sandra Bertman -- Healing arts in palliative care / Christina Mason [and others] -- Imagination and health in cancer care and palliative care / John Graham-Pole -- Visual art in cancer care and palliative care / Anna Lidzey [and others] -- Making music in children's hospices / Lesley Schatzberger -- Healing writing in palliative care / Sheelagh Gallagher [and others] -- Creating the Tuesday group: a palliative care play / Bobbie Farsides and Sue Eckstein -- The power of music / Diana Greenman, Frans Meulenberg and Mike White -- Writing through bereavement / River Walton [and others] -- A legacy of understanding / Monica Suswin -- Reading to help practitioners and patients / Ted Bowman and Rogan Wolf -- Artists: survivors / Tim Jeeves, Mitzi Blennerhasset and Michele Angelo Petrone -- Professionals: artists / Steve Seagull [and others] -…
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