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Contextual family therapy is a rich, informative approach to therapy which honours the role of our experiences growing up, attachment to our families, and the impact our past has on our current lives. Here is a case study, of which I was a part, applying the theory to a family. Macleod, Derek J.; Sadewa, Agus B.; Arthur, Ruth Ann; Collins, Kelly L.; Hand-Breckenridge, Tracey L.; Runstedler, Yvonne; and Van Hooren, Kellie A. (2014) "The Balance of Fairness in Family Relations: A Contextual Family Therapy Case Study," Consensus: Vol. 35:2, Article 6. http://scholars.wlu.ca/consensus/vol35/iss2/6 The Three Wishes Project is an innovative study that has brought peace to those near death, as well as their families. Asking for and honouring last wishes helps to create meaning, memories and closure at death, and personalizes the dying process for patients and their families, says a new multidisciplinary study led by McMaster University professor, Dr. Deborah Cook, a professor of medicine and clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Academic Chair, and intensivist in the ICU at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Other clinicians include spiritual care psychotherapists (chaplains), palliative care physicians, medical residents, respiratory therapists, ICU nurses, and physiotherapists. Read the abstract here: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2395727&resultClick=3 Here is a list of national and international media which featured the project:
Some links to publications: The Hamilton Spectator: http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5731903-three-wishes-program-offers-compassion-to-the-dying-and-their-families/ CBC Hamilton: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/mcmaster-and-st-joes-grant-dying-wishes-and-comfort-comes-cheap-1.3149937 CHCH TV News: http://www.chch.com/three-wishes/ Victoria, B.C. Times Colonist: http://www.timescolonist.com/wishes-progm-an-effort-to-humanize-death-in-hospital-icus-1.1998846 |
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