Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.

Art therapy allows a particularly valuable biographical creative approach at the end of life. The person concerned has multiple needs - physical, emotional, social and spiritual - that only a holistic attention may claim to embrace, as contemplated in the philosophy of palliative care. The art thera...

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Main Author: Nadia Collette
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2016-05-01
Series:Arteterapia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/51684
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description Art therapy allows a particularly valuable biographical creative approach at the end of life. The person concerned has multiple needs - physical, emotional, social and spiritual - that only a holistic attention may claim to embrace, as contemplated in the philosophy of palliative care. The art therapist is integrated into the interdisciplinary team to help to alleviate suffering and accompany the patient and his family. We present here the theoretical foundations and methodology of the intervention as well as the health framework in which it is included.
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spelling doaj.art-9b40b99d65f04c43a9226c84254444502022-12-22T03:06:37ZspaUniversidad Complutense de MadridArteterapia1886-61901988-83092016-05-01100658510.5209/rev_ARTE.2015.v10.5168448984Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.Nadia Collette0Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos, Institut de Recerca. Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona.Art therapy allows a particularly valuable biographical creative approach at the end of life. The person concerned has multiple needs - physical, emotional, social and spiritual - that only a holistic attention may claim to embrace, as contemplated in the philosophy of palliative care. The art therapist is integrated into the interdisciplinary team to help to alleviate suffering and accompany the patient and his family. We present here the theoretical foundations and methodology of the intervention as well as the health framework in which it is included.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/51684ArteterapiaCuidados PaliativosCáncer.
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Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
Arteterapia
Arteterapia
Cuidados Paliativos
Cáncer.
title Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
title_full Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
title_fullStr Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
title_full_unstemmed Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
title_short Art therapy at the end of life. Foundations and methodology of the intervention in a Palliative Care Unit.
title_sort art therapy at the end of life foundations and methodology of the intervention in a palliative care unit
topic Arteterapia
Cuidados Paliativos
Cáncer.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ARTE/article/view/51684
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