Healthy Aging, Healthy Treatment
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-95922-7 (ISBN)
At any age the process of genuinely listening and expressing hopes and fears is an intimacy rarely matched in human interaction.
Human stories are the core of identity and meaning. This book is an invitation to the engaging and reforming power of telling stories. It is also an invitation to heal the story of health care for older adults by improving the communication between professionals in medicine, psychology, and religion.
At any age the process of genuinely listening and expressing hopes and fears is an intimacy rarely matched in human interaction. Life stories can be told, revised, and rewritten through psychotherapy and improved by a health care which integrates the best of medicine, religion, and psychology. This book invites health care reform by renewing old principles. Through clinical experience, research, and listening to seniors and their families, life stories can be retold to promote healthy treatment and healthy aging. This book will be of interest to students and professionals in psychology, medicine, nursing, religion, and social work.
THOMAS H. PEAKE is Professor of Psychology at Florida Tech and an adjunct professor at the Florida Mental Health Institute. Licensed in three states and England, he has trained health professionals and practiced clinical psychology for over 20 years. His publication and practice areas include books and articles in psychotherapy, clinical training, medical psychology, couples therapy and healthy aging.
Introduction: Twice Told Tales: Lives Recalled and Lives Renewed Considerations for Health Professionals A Tale of Three Cultures: Medicine, Psychology and Religion by T. H. Peake and K. L. Blair Healthy Models: Principles and Places Healthy Stories and Aging Well Story Tending: Leit Motifs, Hunches, Hopes and Fears by T. H. Peake and S. G. Rosenzweig Healing and Illness Stories Health Care Systems in the United States and United Kingdom: A Telling Story by T. H. Peake, K. L. Sachs, R. M. Vidaver, C. Ballard, and J. S. Rain Implications for Health Professionals References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.1998 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-275-95922-8 / 0275959228 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-275-95922-7 / 9780275959227 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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