Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts

by Hilary Elfick (Contribution by), Sue Eckstein (Contribution by), Bobbie Farsides (Contribution by), Mark Cobb (Contribution by), Judy Clinton (Contribution by), Ted Bowman (Contribution by), Sinead Donnelly (Contribution by), Mitzi Blennerhassett (Contribution by), Sandra Bertman (Contribution by), Lindsay Buckell (Contribution by), Kate D'Lima (Contribution by), Gillie Bolton (Editor), Ashley Barnes (Contribution by), Yvonne Yi-Wood Mak (Contribution by), Haifa Al Sanousi (Contribution by), Mike White (Contribution by), Rogan Wolf (Contribution by), River Wolton (Contribution by), Kieran Walsh (Contribution by), Kaichiro Tamba (Contribution by), Monica Suswin (Contribution by), Steve Seagull (Contribution by), Lesley Schatzberger (Contribution by), Paul Schatzberger (Contribution by), Oliver Samuel (Contribution by), Julie Sanders (Contribution by), Sheelagh Gallagher (Contribution by), John Graham-Pole (Contribution by), Nigel Hartley (Contribution by), David Head (Contribution by), Diana Greenman (Contribution by), Robert Hamberger (Contribution by), Tim Metcalf (Contribution by), Frans Meulenberg (Contribution by), Chris Rawlence (Contribution by), Filipa Pereira-Stubbs (Contribution by), Tim Jeeves (Contribution by), Christopher Johns (Contribution by), Amy Kuebelbeck (Contribution by), Corine Koppenol (Contribution by), Giles Legood (Contribution by), Anna Lidzey (Contribution by), Christina Mason (Contribution by)

Overview

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings. These range from simple painting and writing activities to organized communal activities like writing and performing a play. The arts are shown to offer a means to reflect on memories, hopes, fears and anxieties, and gently explore the emotional, spiritual, and psychological issues which can aid a fuller understanding of oneself and one's condition. The arts also serve as a way to communicate difficult and complex feelings to professionals or family members not possible in everyday conversation. Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts offers valuable insights and inspiration for any practitioner working in a palliative care setting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846426803
Publisher:	Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date:	10/15/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Gillie Bolton, a freelance consultant in therapeutic writing and reflective practice writing, lives in central London. She is Literature and Medicine Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics: Humanities (BMJ), Arts and Health Editor to Progress in Palliative Care, Associate Editor of the Journal of Poetry Therapy and author of the key creative writing therapy texts, Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities and The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself, both published by Jessica Kingsley publishers.
Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-five years, and has written and edited five books, one of which is now in its third edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire.
Mike White is Senior Research Fellow in Arts in Health at the Centre for Medical Humanities and St. Chad's College, Durham. He was awarded a fellowship of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in 2004 to research community-based arts in health and build national/international links in this field. He was previously Assistant Director for Arts at Gateshead Council where he developed many arts in health and arts for older people projects, as well as public art commissions such as the Angel of the North by Antony Gormley.
Nigel Hartley is Director of Supportive Care at St Christopher's Hospice. He is an experienced music therapist who teaches widely about his work across the UK, in Germany, Italy and the USA.
Christopher Johns is a teacher, researcher, nursing practitioner, reflexologist, therapeutic touch practitioner and a reader in Advanced Nursing Practice, at the University of Luton. He has published extensively on palliative care and reflective practice and caring theory.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Baroness Professor Ilora Finlay of Llandaff.Preface Poem: Nest, Penelope Shuttle 1: Introduction: Dying,Bereavement and the Healing Arts, Gillie Bolton. 2: A Death Photographed: Michael Willson's Story, Paul Schatzberger and Gillie Bolton 3: Arts, Electronic Media, Movement: Rosetta Life, Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and Chris Rawlence. 4: Theatre for Professional Development, Ashley Barnes 5: Visual Art for Professional Development, Sandra Bertman 6: Healing Arts in Palliative Care, Christina Mason. 7: Imagination and Health in Cancer Care and Palliative Care, John Graham-Pole 8: Visual Art in Cancer Care and Palliative Care, Anna Lidzey, Michele Angelo Petrone, Julie Sanders and Gillie Bolton 9: Making Music in Children's Hospices, Lesley Schatzberger 10: Healing Writing in Palliative Care, Sheelagh Gallagher, Kate D'Lima, Kaichiro Tamba, Hilary Elfick, with David Head and Gillie Bolton 11: Creating The Tuesday Group: A Palliative Care Play, Bobbie Farsides and Sue Eckstein 12: The Power of Music, Diana Greenman, Frans Meulenberg and Mike White 13: Writing through Bereavement: River Wolton, Haifa Al Sanousi, Amy Kuebelbeck, Judy Clinton and Robert Hamberger 14: A Legacy of Understanding, Monica Suswin 15: Reading to Help Practitioners and Patients, Ted Bowman and Rogan Wolf 16: Artists: Survivors, Tim Jeeves, Mitzi Blennerhassett and Michele Angelo Petrone, Artist 17: Professionals: Artists, Steve Seagull, Tim Metcalf, Oliver Samuel, Kieran Walsh and Christopher Johns 18: Spiritual and Artistic Care: Memorial Services, Mark Cobb and Giles Legood 19: The Art of Care, Yvonne Yi-Wood Mak , Ann Williams, Corine Koppenol and Sinead Donnelly 20: Reflections Towards the Future, Nigel Hartey. List of Contributors. References. Subject Index. Author Index.