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Meaningful Care

A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Meaning of Care for People with Mental Retardation

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Experience of Meaning from a Family Perspective

  2. Meaning, Worldview and Care

  3. Meaning in Medical Care

  4. Experience of Meaning in Daily Care

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About this book

It is crucial for the quality of care of people with mental retardation that care providers experience their work as meaningful. A complexity, however, is the fact that this care is divided amongst a range of professions. This book addresses issues of meaning (meaning of care and meaning of life) from all the different professional perspectives involved. Such a multidisciplinary approach is unique and has never before been followed.
The book contains the results of a series of interviews in which parents of people with mental retardation were asked what they conceive to be meaningful care. The results are placed in relation to experiences and conceptions of professional caregivers. Moreover, the study analyzes the cultural, philosophical, and theological significance of the concept, `meaningful care'. Finally, the book explores the relevance of this concept for practical professions such as medical care, social work, educational psychology, pedagogic counseling, and pastoral care. Scholarly depth is combined with experiential knowledge of professional practice. Hence, this book is an outstanding source of reflection for all those who work professionally with people with mental retardation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Special Pedagogics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joop Stolk

  • Center for Bio-ethics and Health Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Theo A. Boer

  • Department of Research and Development, ’s Heeren Loo, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

    Ruth Seldenrijk

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Meaningful Care

  • Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Meaning of Care for People with Mental Retardation

  • Editors: Joop Stolk, Theo A. Boer, Ruth Seldenrijk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9516-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6291-3Published: 31 May 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5449-4Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9516-2Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 190

  • Topics: Religious Studies, general, Ethics, Public Health

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