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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....
Author
Publisher
Pgw
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"There's a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care-nearly 44 percent of all deaths-and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospiceis now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel, is the first book to take a...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video focuses on the place of spiritual assessment in health care. Through interviews with two people experiencing chronic health problems, the video explores questions for clinicians to use to assess the spiritual dimension. Guidelines for health professionals in conducting a spiritual assessment are also explored.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video illustrates how life threatening illness could impact a person's spirituality. Spiritual issues and needs are explored, as well as how a person's spirituality could impact upon his response to life threatening illness. Spiritual resources that can be used to deal with such illnesses are identified. All of these aspects are explored in an interview with a young adult diagnosed with leukemia. The role of the nurse in providing spiritual care...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door. In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called Ars Moriendi, or The Art of Dying. Written in Latin, this medieval death manual taught people how to navigate the trials of the deathbed, using simple rituals of repentance,...
Publisher
Pierucci Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It's been said that true wealth is good health; and we couldn't agree more. Millions of people have awakened over the past few years from a nightmare in healthcare - a corrupt ecosystem designed to keep patients dependent and physicians beholden to corporations instead of patient care. We have a solution, and you're a part of it. The Wellness Company has brought together the brightest minds and bravest hearts in seven unique stories of courage, synchronicity,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From women's mental health specialist and New York Times contributor Pooja Lakshmin, MD, comes a long-overdue reckoning with the contradictions of the wellness industry and a paradigm-shifting program for practicing real self-care that will empower, uplift, and maybe even start a revolution. You may have noticed that it's nearly impossible to go even a couple days without coming across the term self-care. A word that encompasses any number of lifestyle...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video examines the rationale and the place of spirituality in nursing practice through the eyes of a critical care nurse. Guidelines for incorporating spiritual care into practice are explored, as well as nursing skills necessary for effective spiritual care. Spiritual care interventions are identified, including the connection between nursing and pastoral care professionals. Challenges to incorporating spiritual care into nursing practice are...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video focuses on the concept of spirituality. Various definitions of spirituality are examined. Through a variety of interviews, common expressions of spirituality, such as religion, art, music, nature, and writing are explored. The place of spirituality in health care is identified, as well as some implications for practice for health professionals.
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