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Title Being with older people : a systemic approach / edited by Glenda Fredman, Eleanor Anderson, and Joshua Stott
Published London : Karnac Books, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 273 pages) : illustrations
Series Systemic thinking and practice series
Systemic thinking and practice series.
Contents COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORDDavid Campbell; WHO ARE WE IN THIS WORK?; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: being with older people -- a systemic approach, Glenda Fredman; CHAPTER TWO: How do we begin? Working with older people and their significants ystems, Glenda Fredman and Penny Rapaport; CHAPTER THREE: Using our selves in work with older people, Eleanor Martin and Joshua Stott; CHAPTER FOUR: Creating contexts for talking and listening where older people feel comfortable and respected, Joshua Stott and Eleanor Martin
Summary The authors of this volume take as their starting point "striking moments" in their practice with older people, their families and other practitioners. They integrate these with current systemic thinking to offer new perspectives on working with older people in a range of physical health, mental health and social care contexts. This book is practice led and contains a wealth of examples that will be familiar both to practitioners working with older people and to older people themselves and their families. The authors, all experienced clinicians, place an emphasis on how systemic and narrative
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Psychotherapy for older people.
Older people -- Counseling of
Older people.
Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods
Aged
Health Services for the Aged
Aged, 80 and over
elderly.
MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
Older people
Psychotherapy for older people
Form Electronic book
Author Fredman, Glenda
Anderson, Eleanor
Stott, Joshua
ISBN 9781849407496
1849407495
1282779559
9781282779556