Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective

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Synopsis
How can you foster spiritual growth in older people?This multidisciplinary work re-examines issues of aging with dignity and spiritual meaning. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective brings together chaplains, pastors, counselors, and health care practitioners in all walks of gerontology from around the world to present a fully rounded picture of the spiritual needs and potentialities of this fast-growing population. It also includes a study of the spiritual awareness of nurses working in six different nursing homes, as well as a model for a parish nursing practice that focuses on the aged. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care addresses urgent issues for older people, including: social and spiritual isolation the wisdom of the aging the need for intimacy sexuality among older people living with dementia the spiritual dimensions of caregiving
Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
204 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781136402524
Related ISBNs:
9780203049044, 9780789016690, 9780789016690, 9780789016683, 9780789016683
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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N/A
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Medicine
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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