Living and Dying with AIDS

Describes how caregivers may work with AIDS patients to assist them in their attempts to remain in control of their deaths. Reports, using actual case materials, how being authentically present in the dying and death struggles may assist AIDS patients and their extended families. Notes the importanc...

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Main Author: Goss, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1989
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1989, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 297-308
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Describes how caregivers may work with AIDS patients to assist them in their attempts to remain in control of their deaths. Reports, using actual case materials, how being authentically present in the dying and death struggles may assist AIDS patients and their extended families. Notes the importance of the caregiver coming to grips with his or her own mortality, and claims that this ministry is a clear example of God's acceptance as mediated through human hands and hearts.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234098904300402