Joy Goldsmith: 2 books
Communication as Comfort
Multiple Voices in Palliative Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. Challenging the predominantly biomedical model that informs much communication between seriously ill and/or dying patients...
Speaking of Dying
Recovering the Church's Voice in the Face of Death
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The church does not cope very well with dying. Instead of using its own resources to mount a positive end-of-life ministry for the terminally ill, it outsources care to secular models, providers, and services. A terminal diagnosis typically triggers denial of impending death and placing faith in the...