The introduction of art therapy into palliative care settings represents a bold attempt to allow terminally ill patients to regain feelings of control over their lives. This volume provides an introduction to both art therapy and palliative care.
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The introduction of art therapy into palliative care settings represents a bold attempt to allow terminally ill patients to regain feelings of control over their lives. This volume provides an introduction to both art therapy and palliative care.
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Recent debate surrounding euthanasia has focused on the question of whether quality of life for terminally-ill patients can be enhanced. The introduction of art therapy into palliative care settings represents a bold attempt to allow such patients to regain feelings of control over their lives. This comprehensive volume provides accessible introductions to both art therapy and palliative care and detailed analysis of the practice and results of palliative art therapy. Containing contributions drawn from a wide range of palliative care professions, and from patients, this text should be valuable reading for anyone wishing to gain a full understanding of this application of art therapy.
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“'During the thirty years of the Hospice and Palliative Care Movement, skills have been gained in helping with the expression of questions and of helping people to search within themselves ... nowhere has this been seen move vividly than in art therapy, either in groups or individually. Healing, a new discovery of wholeness has come through honesty unleashed in this way ... in these descriptions of the different spheres of such work we are reminded once again of the resilience and originality of the human spirit.' - Dame Cecily Saunders, Chairman, St Christopher's Hospice, London 'This book on art therapy in palliative care outlines an invaluable approach which must be seen for what it is: an essential part of any palliative care service and a healing skill that intertwines with other traditional medical interventions in palliative care.' - Dr Michael Kearney, Our Lady's Hospice and St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin”
""I am delighted to find a book by other art therapists who work with the type of population I serve, cancer patients and their families. . .The history, qualifications, settings, and focus of the British approach to art therapy and palliative care are contrasted with those of other nations, not for the purpose of comparing the quality of care, but to encourage better care of the dying throughout the world." --Pat Lynn Moses, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, OK for the "American Journal of Art Therapy, August 2000."
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Pratt, Mandy; Wood, Michele
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This comprehensive and accessible introduction to the practice of art therapy in palliative care includes accounts from both therapists and clients in a variety of settings including hospices and hospitals patients' own homes prisons (AIDS patients) adolescent griefwork groups The contributors outline the basic requirements for providing a service of this kind. The case studies they present, which include examples of client artwork, offer clear and detailed analysis of the results that can be achieved in palliative art therapy. The opportunity to explore personal issues and emotions through art work is shown to have a positive effect on individuals health and quality of life, helping the terminally ill to regain control of their lives. There is also significant discussion of grief work with young people who have been bereaved. Based on the experience and expertise of professionals who have pioneered this important application of art therapy, this book is essential reading for anyone wishin
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