Kelly Arora

Spirituality and Meaning Making in Chronic Illness: How Spiritual Caregivers Can Help People Navigate Long-Term Health Conditions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This guide to supporting people with chronic illness provides practical interventions and spiritual care skills to facilitate healing and increase understanding. Using a narrative medicine approach, the book analyses two women - the metaphor of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz alongside the author's own experiences of managing pain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 289g
• ISBN-13: 9781784509965
• ISBN-10: 1784509965
• Artikelnr.: 57583466

Autorenporträt

Kelly Arora, PhD is Assistant Clinical Professor in Spiritual Care at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Senior Adjunct Lecturer in Spiritual Care at the Iliff School of Theology. She is also a Spiritual Director in private practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Calm Before The Storm: Wellness In The Foreground
2. The Wicked Witch Of The West: Illness And Meaning Making
3. The Yellow Brick Road: Losses And Grief On The Illness Journey
4. Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion In The Haunted Forest: Spiritual Struggles And Spiritual Coping
5. The Wizard Of Oz: Healers And Hope
6. Return To Kansas: Spiritual Growth And A New Normal
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