Renz Dying

A Transition
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-54023-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 178 mm

Reihe: End-of-Life Care: A Series

Offers a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates a radical reconsideration of our transition to death

Autoren/Hrsg.

Renz, Monika

Weitere Mitwirkende

Peck, John

Kyburz, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Thanatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: In Search of Inner Experiences of Dying
1. Dying and the Transformation of Perception
2. The Three Stages of Transition and Dignity
3. What Is Primordial Fear? "The 'I' Dies Into a 'Thou'"
4. Other Hearing: Beyond Space and Time
5. Metaphors of Transition
6. The Sites of Transition: Fear, Struggle, Acceptance, Family Processes, Maturation
7. Dying with Dignity: Indication-Oriented End-of-Life Care
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Monika Renz is a practicing psychotherapist, music therapist, theologian, and spiritual caregiver and has been head of the psycho-oncology unit at St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland, since 1998. She holds a Ph.D. in psychopathology and in theology/spirituality. An international lecturer and the author of several books, her research focuses on dying, spirituality, and spiritual care and can be found at www.monikarenz.ch.