| Description |
xix, 165 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Foreword / James W. Ellor -- Human despair and comic transcendence / Melvin A. Kimble -- The paradoxes of humor and the burdens of despair / Susan H. McFadden -- Lift up your hearts : humour and despair in later life / Heather Thomson -- Humour : a way to transcendence in later life? / Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Dementia, identity, and spirituality / John Killick -- Ways of studying religion, spirituality, and aging : the social scientific approach / Elizabeth MacKinlay and Susan H. McFadden -- Spiritual and pastoral care approaches for helping older adults with depression / John White -- 'Just because I can't remember ...' religiousness in older people with dementia / Corinne Trevitt and Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Hope rising out of despair : the spiritual journey of patients admitted to a hospice / Ann Harrington -- Non-speech based pastoral care : a pastoral care program for aged care residents with little or no ability to speak / Elizabeth Vreugdenhil |
| Notes |
Chiefly papers from a conference in Canberra, A.C.T., April 2003 |
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Simultaneously published as Journal of religious gerontology, v. 16, nos. 3/4, 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Older people -- Pastoral counselling of -- Congresses
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Older people -- Religious life.
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Older people -- Pastoral counseling of.
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Wit and humor -- Religious aspects.
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Despair -- Religious aspects.
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Older people -- Religious life -- Congresses.
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Older people -- Pastoral counseling of -- Congresses.
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Wit and humor -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
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Despair -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-
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| LC no. |
2004018867 |
| ISBN |
0789027313 alkaline paper |
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0789027321 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780789027320 paperback |
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