Perspectives on spiritual well-being and aging /

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Imprint:Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2000.
Description:xx, 210 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4309021
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Other authors / contributors:Thorson, James A., 1946-
ISBN:0398070377
0398070385 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: What Spiritual Well-Being Means to Me / Donald F. Clingan
  • Preface / James A. Thorson
  • Sect. I. Spiritual Well-Being from the Theological Perspective. 1. Aging and Desert Spirituality / W. Paul Jones. 2. The Sacred Spiral: Spirituality and Aging / Margot Hover. 3. The Theology of Aging / Carl G. Howie. 4. Delayed Gratification and Spiritual Well-Being in the Elderly / Roy Fairchild. 5. Spirituality and Aging / C. Bruce Davis. 6. Decision Making at the End of Life: The Uneasy Connection Between Ethics and Spiritual Beliefs / Amy Marie Haddad
  • Sect. II. Spiritual Well-Being from the Research Perspective. 7. The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Health in Later Life / Catherine M. Wotherspoon. 8. Religion, Well-Being, and Health in the Elderly: The Scientific Evidence for an Association / Harold G. Koenig. 9. Spiritual Well-Being, Private Prayer, and Adjustment of Older Cardiac Patients / Ami L. Ai, Ruth E. Dunkle and Christopher Peterson / [et al.]. 10. Filial Responsibility: A Jewish Perspective / Levi Meier. 11. The Meaning of Life in Old Age / Leo E. Missinne. 12. A Case Study of Spiritual Well-Being / John W. Stettner. 13. Developmental Aspects of Death Anxiety and Religion / James A. Thorson and F. C. Powell
  • Sect. III. Spiritual Well-Being - Clinical Perspectives. 14. Spirituality, Aging, and Depression / Dan G. Blazer. 15. The Aged, the Judeo-Christian Ethic, and Misuse of Illness for Dependency Needs / Michael B. Miller and Frederick J. Schumacher. 16. The Art of Aging / Edward Paul Cohn. 17. The Life Review: A Pastoral Counseling Technique / Bruce J. Horacek. 18. A Call to Action / Margaret E. Kuhn.