Dying, Bereavement and the Healing ArtsGillie Bolton Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 15 okt 2007 - 216 pagina's 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. |
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... pain are, along with birth, the only certainties of life. So art has always focused on them – helping us to understand and live them to the full, rather than merely to endure. Art helps in our struggling attempt to understand ourselves ...
... pain, disfigurement, disorientation, lack of mobility or sense impairment, but people also have to readjust their notion of who they are, what their primary relationships are, where and how they might live, what – if at all – their work ...
... pain and anxiety (Graham-Pole, 2000). The very act of creativity also tends to increase self-confidence, feelings of self-worth, motivation for life (Calman 2000; D'Lima 2004). Art can also be an unparalleled form of communication ...
... Pain should not be sought, but should never be avoided, because there is a lesson in facing adversity' (Kermode 2006). A session with writing, painting, clay and so on can lead to deep tears and possibly intense emotions such as anger ...
... painful, depressing, grieving or humdrum concerns, actions and feelings, and can enable reflexive thinking about the self and personal and social situations (Duncan 2003; Kenyon 2003; Staricoff and Loppert 2003). Uplifting environments ...
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6 Healing Arts in Palliative Care | 57 |
7 Imagination and Health in Cancer
Care and Palliative Care | 67 |
8 Visual Art in Cancer Care
and Palliative Care | 72 |
14 A Legacy of Understanding | 139 |
15 Reading to Help Practitioners
and Patients | 148 |
Survivors | 156 |
Artists | 164 |
Memorial Services | 176 |
19 The Art of Care | 186 |
20 Reflections Towards the Future | 200 |
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
| 204 |
9 Making Music in Childrens
Hospices | 88 |
10 Healing Writing in Palliative Care | 98 |
A Palliative Care Play | 113 |
12 The Power of Music | 120 |
13 Writing through Bereavement | 126 |
REFERENCES
| 207 |
SUBJECT INDEX
| 212 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 215 |
back cover
| 218 |