Finding Dignity at the End of Life: A Spiritual Reflection on Palliative Care

Finding Dignity at the End of Life explores the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right, integrating a humanities-based approach to discuss spirituality, suffering, and healing from various cultural and religious perspectives. It is a useful guide for mental health practitioners, allied professionals, and theologians.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 09 September 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Finding Dignity at the End of Life is a comprehensive exploration of the vital need for palliative care as a fundamental human right. It delves into a holistic approach to treatment, encompassing various perspectives of faith, ideology, culture, and nationality. Through a humanities-based lens, the book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right, offering detailed discussions on spirituality, suffering, and healing from scholars worldwide. Each chapter explores a distinct cultural and religious focus, examining how these aspects relate to questions of inherent dignity, both ethically and theologically. The authors also shed light on how different spiritual lenses can inform our understanding of medical outcomes. This invaluable resource is designed to benefit mental health practitioners, allied professionals, and theologians alike, providing a thoughtful and reflective guide to palliative care and its profound connection to faith, spirituality, and culture.

Weight: 338g
Dimension: 152 x 227 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367206581