Living with Grief : Spirituality and End-of-Life Care

An excellent book for people working with hospice patients or the terminally ill and their family. The text deals with spirituality from a personal perspective and provides insights from different religions and faiths.

CONTENTS:
Spirituality, religion, and end-of-life care
Betty Ferrell and Susan Thrane
Spirituality, death, loss, and grief : a life cycle perspective
Kenneth J. Doka
The spiritual history : listening to the whole story
Christina M. Puchalski
Ethical dilemmas and spiritual care near the end of life
Nancy Berlinger and Bruce Jennings
The role of ritual at the end of life
Pamela Baird
Legacy and spirituality at the end of life
Gary S. Fink
A transdisciplinary approach to spiritual care
Linda F. Piotrowski
Spiritual needs and nursing care
Reinette Powers Murray
Spiritual care : an organizational perspective
Richard B. Fife
Jewish perspectives on end-of-life care
Barry M. Kinzbrunner
Discovering the sacrament of the present moment : Catholic spiritual practices at the end of life
Tina Picchi
The Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) and end-of-life care
Kenneth J. Doka
Orthodoxy : theology and ritual at the end of life
Stanley S. Harakas
Jehovah's Witnesses and end-of-life care
Kenneth J. Doka
Caring for Protestants : asking the right questions
Sarah W. Nichols
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and end-of-life care
Kenneth J. Doka
Islamic spirituality and end-of-life care : guidelines for chaplains and counselors
Yahya Hendi
Hindu perspectives on end-of-life care
Suhita Chopra Chatterjee
Buddhist perspectives on end-of-life care
Betty J. Kramer
Spiritual care for agnostics and atheists at the end of life
Marilyn Smith-Stoner
New Age and old age spiritualities : end-of-life care for Wiccans, Pagans, and Nature
Spiritualists
Marilyn Smith-Stoner.