After a life-threatening diagnosis...what's next? : a new approach to improve healing potential, communications, and life quality / Carolyn Hornblow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornblow, Carolyn, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critically ill--Psychology.

Critically ill.

Catastrophic illness.

Life change events.

Stress (Psychology).

Mental healing.

Catastrophic Illness.

Terminal Care.

Death.

Grief.

Bereavement.

Quality of Life.

Value of Life.

Palliative Care.

Medical Subjects:

Catastrophic Illness.

Terminal Care.

Death.

Grief.

Bereavement.

Quality of Life.

Value of Life.

Palliative Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York : Productivity Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Carolyn Hornblow, as a Registered Nurse, worked on three continents for over thirty years in various specialties including Intensive Care and Advice Nursing. She then had her own Complementary Therapies Clinic for fifteen years. She brings her knowledge in an easy to read format. Inspired to write this book over three weeks she felt that a different approach to life-threatening illness was needed.

Contents:

1 'I Am Sorry to Have to Tell You...' p. 1

As People We Focus on the Negative! p. 5

2 Facing the Fear - To Help You Heal p. 9

We Should Not Wait until Diagnosed as Terminal p. 12

Breaking the Stress Cycle p. 16

3 Knowledge about Dying Reduces Stress p. 19

4 'To Life' Fix, Cure or Heal? Going for It All p. 33

Traditional Medical Treatment p. 34

Chemotherapy p. 35

Radiotherapy p. 36

Proton Beam Therapy p. 37

Immunotherapy p. 37

Complementary (Integrative) Therapies p. 39

Touch Therapies p. 43

Massage p. 45

Aromatherapy p. 46

Energy Work p. 47

Acupuncture/Acupressure/Reflexology p. 50

Bowen Technique Therapy p. 51

Creative Visualisations/Guided Imagery p. 52

Dream Therapy p. 53

Yoga/Breath Work p. 54

Sound Therapy p. 54

Humour Therapy p. 54

Colour Therapy p. 55

Herbal Remedies p. 55

Meditation p. 56

The Power of Prayer p. 60

Gratitude Journal p. 61

Taking Care of Yourself p. 62

Sacred Space p. 62

Addictions p. 63

5 'Please Put Yourself in My Shoes, Doctor' p. 65

The Whole Approach p. 87

6 Life, Death and Life after Death p. 93

7 Getting Ready to Say Goodbye Soon or Aged 100+ p. 107

Wills and Trusts p. 109

Information List for Your Nearest and Dearest p. 111

Your Financial Details p. 112

Funeral Arrangements p. 113

Before the Funeral p. 114

After the Funeral p. 115

Be Prepared p. 116

8 Terminal Time - Are You Ready to Go? p. 117

Medical and Nursing Support p. 118

Some Arrangements p. 122

Your Will p. 124

Donation of Your Organs and Body p. 125

The Personal Stuff p. 126

Goodbye for Now - Clinical Events at Time of Death p. 127

9 Dealing with Life Afterwards p. 131

Timing of Grief p. 133

Keepsakes p. 133

Sorting Out the Belongings p. 133

Do Not Argue over the Will p. 134

Life Is Too Short to Argue p. 135

Advice for Friends of the Bereaved p. 135

10 'Avoiding the Void' No Longer p. 141

Getting to Know Your Void p. 143

My Version of How to Meditate p. 148

11 'Nirvana' Here and Now p. 153

12 Tools for Living Life Fully Now! p. 163

Why Are You Here? p. 163

Are You Doing It? p. 163

Why Not? p. 164

Logic Is the Enemy! p. 164

What If? p. 164

Start Today p. 165

Taking Cafe of You p. 166

Dare to Be Different p. 167

Be in the Now, the Present and Observe the Mini Miracles p. 169

What Can You Do for Yourself and for One Other Today? p. 170.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781000435290

1000435296

9781000435252

1000435253

9781003170983

1003170986

Publisher Number:

99989175099

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