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Author:   Susan H. Swetnam
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.193kg
ISBN:  

9780814663622

ISBN 10:   0814663621
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction 1 Part 1: Contexts 1. Saying Yes to a Vocation in End-of-Life Care 13 2. Honoring the Rich Possibilities of Aging 28 Part 2: Practice 3. The Little Things 47 4. Reimagining Human Communication 59 5. The Saving Grace of Humor 71 6. Earthen Vessels 83 7. Other People’s Lives 94 8. Strangers as Friends 106 9. Ordinary Wonders 118 10. Mortality, Every Morning 130 Afterword: Many Parts 143 Notes 147 Further Readings 155

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Aging and dying are the two most important challenges we face in health care today. We have lots of cure, but we still have much to learn about care of those who are experiencing the debilitation of mature life and the prospect of death. Susan Swetnam has done a masterful job of weaving together art, music, literature, theology and personal experience as she shares the development of her own vocation as a massage therapist. Her stories of encountering and literally touching the aged and dying will help patients and providers embrace mortality and discover a new spiritual perspective.Fr. Charles E. Bouchard, OP, Senior Director, Theology and Sponsorship, The Catholic Health Association

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Susan Swetnam is the author of more than a dozen books, including the award-winning In the Mystery's Shadow: Reflections on Caring for the Elderly and Dying. A retired Idaho State University English professor, she now works as a massage therapist with hospice patients, cancer survivors, caregivers, and the bereaved, and is a music minister in her home parish. Visit her at susanswetnamwriter.com.

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