UID:
edocfu_9958352065402883
Format:
1 online resource(184 p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780231540230
Series Statement:
End-of-Life Care: A Series
Content:
A critical success in Europe, this book offers a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates an indication-oriented treatment and radical reconsideration of our transition to death. Drawing on decades of work with terminally ill cancer patients and a trove of research into near-death experiences, Monika Renz encourages practitioners to not only safeguard patients' dignity as they die but also take stock of their verbal, nonverbal, and metaphorical cues as they progress, helping to personalize treatment and realize a more peaceful death. Renz divides dying into three parts: pre-transition, transition, and post-transition. As we die, all egoism and ego-centered perception fall away, bringing us to another state of consciousness, a different register of sensitivity, and an alternative dimension of spiritual connectedness. As patients pass through these stages, they offer nonverbal signals that indicate their gradual withdrawal from everyday consciousness. This transformation explains why emotional and spiritual issues become enhanced as we begin to die, yet seem to dissipate as we move further into the process. Fear and struggle shift to trust and peace; denial melts into acceptance. At first, family problems and the need for reconciliation are urgent, but gradually these concerns fade. By delineating these processes, Renz helps practitioners grow more cognizant of the changing emotions and symptoms of the patients under their care, enabling them to respond more personally and effectively and with the utmost respect for their patients' dignity.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: In Search of Inner Experiences of Dying --
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1. Dying and the Transformation of Perception --
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2. The Three Stages of Transition and Dignity --
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3. What Is Primordial Fear? “The ‘I’ Dies into a ‘Thou’ ” --
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4. Other Hearing: Beyond Space and Time --
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5. Metaphors of Transition --
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6. The Sites of Transition: Fear, Struggle, Acceptance, Family Processes, Maturation --
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7. Dying with Dignity: Indication-Oriented End-of-Life Care --
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Epilogue --
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Appendix --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231170888
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7312/renz17088
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