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End of Life Care: A Guide for Therapists, Artists and Arts Therapists

Nigel Hartley

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Description for End of Life Care: A Guide for Therapists, Artists and Arts Therapists Paperback. This comprehensive guide for practitioners working in end of life care covers everything from the different roles in the multi-disciplinary care team, the stages that a patient at the end of their life experiences and the professional help needed at each stage and gives a complete grounding of the current climate and philosophy in end of life care. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black and white diagrams. BIC Classification: MMC; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
The many unfounded myths and fears that surround working with people at the end of their lives are dispelled in this thoughtful book, and the authors provide both practical and emotional support for those involved in caring for dying patients. The book covers everything from the philosophy behind the practice to the diverse roles in the multi-disciplinary team, as well as current challenges and opportunities facing end of life care, with an emphasis on how therapy and arts therapies can be integrated effectively. It also looks at palliative care models that address all aspects of a ... Read more

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Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom

Number of pages

256

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2013

Condition

New

Weight

390g

Number of Pages

272

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781849051330

SKU

V9781849051330

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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days

Ref

99-10

About Nigel Hartley

Nigel Hartley is Chief Executive Officer at Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. He was previously Director of Supportive Care at St. Christopher's Hospice, London and has worked in end of life care for over twenty years. He is an experienced manager, counsellor, musician, teacher and music therapist. Nigel has chaired both the Association of Professional Music Therapists ... Read more

Reviews for End of Life Care: A Guide for Therapists, Artists and Arts Therapists

This book would serve as a useful introduction to anyone working in end-of-life care or considering it. The first section of the book deals with history, policy and current challenges... The second part is a series of chapters that discuss most aspects of end-of-life care in a variety of settings... This is an insightful review of what working ... Read morein end-of-life care is all about. Whilst directed to those from the creative arts, anyone who works in end-of-life care, or is considering it, will be better off for reading it.
IAHPC (International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care) An important account stemming from the Anniversary Centre at St Christopher's Hospice - open daily for 13 hours for patients, family, friends and the public. An amazing development from the traditional nurse-led 10am-3pm, Monday-Friday Day Centre. A great example of TEAM-work - Together Everyone Achieves More. For anyone who wants to get beyond the bedpan and the drug round, this is essential reading.
Dr Robert Twycross DM FRCP, Director of palliativedrugs.com Ltd. Nigel Hartley's book brushes aside the mystique of music and arts therapy, showing clearly how and why they work. As well as providing a full overview of current practice, he makes positive suggestions for encouraging teamwork and communication, and his highly readable style is shot through with compassion for patients, families and therapists themselves.
Sarah Walker PhD, broadcaster, musician and writer In this wonderfully honest and realistic book, Nigel Hartley uses the experience of arts therapists working in end of life care to pose crucial questions for therapists, organisations and society in building a patient-led and effective service. He faces head on the particular issues raised by the current political and economic climate, and offers a wealth of practical advice.
Jessica Rose, psychotherapist and author of Psychology for Pastoral Contexts: A Handbook (SCM) and Sharing Spaces?: Prayer and the Counselling Relationship (DLT) Hartley has produced a poignant, compelling and practical guide for therapists, artists and arts therapists who work, or wish to work, with people at the end of life. This book blends concerns about history and policy, with practical discussions about inter-professional working, self-care, and evaluation in work with dying, death, and bereavement. An essential reference for practitioners.
Allan Kellehear, PhD, AcSS, Professor of Community Health, Middlesex University, UK This important book describes practical ways for therapists, artists and arts therapists to set about delivering an effective professional offering in a wide variety of end of life care settings; ranging from outpatient services, inpatient units, the community and care homes and across all illnesses including dementia. The book is a pragmatic, realistic and forthright guide to the difficulties and rewards of being a rather unusual, sometimes isolated, often poorly understood professional; a sort of mythical tiger burning bright in the sometimes impenetrable forest of the efficient demands of medical and nursing structures...This is a brave book and now, more than ever, all practitioners in the field of end of life care need to initiate courageous conversations if we are to meet ever growing need.
from the foreword by Professor Dame Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St Christopher's Group Show Less

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