商品簡介
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 a fuller understanding of oneself and one's condition. The arts also serve as a way to communicate difficult and complex feelings to professionals or family members not possible in everyday conversation.Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts offers valuable insights and inspiration for any practitioner working in a palliative care setting.
作者簡介
Gillie Bolton, a freelance consultant in therapeutic writing and reflective practice writing, lives in central London. She is Literature and Medicine Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics: Humanities (BMJ), Arts and Health Editor to Progress in Palliative Care, Associate Editor of the Journal of Poetry Therapy and author of the key creative writing therapy texts, Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities and The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself, both published by Jessica Kingsley publishers.
