Title | Meaningful Care [electronic resource] : A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Meaning of Care for People with Mental Retardation / edited by Joop Stolk, Theo A. Boer, Ruth Seldenrijk |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9516-2 |
Descript | XVI, 190 p. online resource |
Section One โ Experience of Meaning from a Family Perspective -- 1. A Parentโs Search for Meaning in Family Life -- 2. Parentsโ Experiences of Meaning -- Section Two โ Meaning, Worldview and Care -- 3. Meaning of Life and Meaning of Care: A Jewish Perspective -- 4. Meaning of Life and Meaning of Care: A Christian Perspective -- 5. Mental Retardation and the Quest for Meaning: Philosophical Remarks on โThe Meaning of Lifeโ in Modern Society -- Section Three โ Meaning in Medical Care -- 6. Meaning in Medical Care for People with Mental Retardation: Some Remarks from the Dutch Context -- 7. Medical Technique and our Coping with Suffering: Prenatal Diagnosis as an Example -- 8. Meaningfulness and Meaninglessness in Neonatology -- 9. Parentsโ View on the Prevention of Handicaps -- Section Four โ Experience of Meaning in Daily Care -- 10. Timeful Friends: Living with People with Mental Retardation -- 11. Experience of Meaning in Human Encounter -- 12. Experience of Meaning in Daily Care for People with Mental Retardation -- Index โ Names -- โ Subjects -- Contributors