Being Mindful, Easing Suffering: Reflections on Palliative Care

✍ Scribed by Christopher Johns

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 274
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Written by an experienced palliative care nurse, text describes how a combination of traditional medicine and more reflective models have been successful in alleviating physical and non-physical pain and suffering throughout the health-illness cycle. Discusses Buddhist philosophy and emphasizes spiritual issues in palliative care. Softcover.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Being Mindful, Easing Suffering: Reflections on Palliative Care......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Part 1 Mindful practice......Page 15
Part 2 Being mindful, easing suffering: The narrative......Page 37
Part 3 Postscript: Reflections from a Buddhist perspective......Page 253
Appendix 1: The Being available template......Page 257
Appendix 2: Glossary of drugs......Page 263
References......Page 265
Subject Index......Page 269
Author Index......Page 274

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