Author: Rolf Heine (Editor)
Publisher: Portal Books
ISBN: 9781938685286
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Anthroposophic nursing care goes beyond the communicative approach of soft skills. Nurses form a bridge between treatment of the body and treatment of the patient's soul and spirit by actively valuing the human body, paying attention to touch, using warmth, cold, air, and light to promote healing processes, and much more. Although physical wellbeing, autonomy, and youthfulness are central to our modern materialistic culture, our bodies actually receive little respect and appreciation, especially when they become ill and eventually old. Nursing values need to be rediscovered that respect the debased human being, embrace illness as a part of existence, and allow time for healing. A key aspect of this book involves the idea and practice of "nursing gestures," relating inner attitudes and practical nursing activities to one another in detail through numerous examples and overviews. Anthroposophic Nursing Practice shows not only the possibility, but also the practical experience of nursing care, which aims to be both holistic and optimistic. The knowledge and perspectives gathered in this book have matured through the work of several generations of anthroposophically oriented nurses, all striving to refine a truly integrative nursing practice. This unique book will no doubt become the classic text on the important practice of anthroposophic nursing. Contributors include Klaus Adams, Frances Bay, Gudrun Buchholz, Annegret Camps, Bernhard Deckers, Carola Edelmann, Sasha Gloor, Renate Hasselberg, Inge Heine, Rolf Heine, Christel Kaul, Monika Layer, Regula Markwalder, Heike Schaumann, Jana Schier, Ada van der Star, Christoph von Dach, Ursula von der Heide, Gabriele Weber, and Anna Wilde. C O N T E N T S Introduction to the English edition Adam Blanning, MD Preface by Rolf Heine Foreword to the fourth German edition by Matthias Girke, MD Foreword to the third German edition by Michaela Glöckler, MD I. METHODICAL-DIDACTICAL FOUNDATIONS 1. How Do You Learn Anthroposophic Nursing? Learning Aid and Guide through this Textbook II. ANTHROPOSOPHY AND NURSING 2. Observation as a Method of Self-development and a Therapeutic Element in Care and Destiny 3. The Anthropological Foundations of Nursing Extended by Anthroposophy 4. Illness and Destiny 5. Nursing as a Path of Development 6. Meditation in Nursing 7. The Concept of Nursing Gestures as a Model for Nursing Care III. ELEMENTS OF NURSING CARE 8, Rhythm 9. The Human Warmth Organism and Its Care 10. Variations on Whole-body Washing 11. Preventing Bedsores, Pneumonia, and Thrombosis in Seriously Ill Patients 12. Rhythmical Einreibung According to Wegman/Hauschka 13. Compresses in Anthroposophically Extended Nursing Care 14. Active Principles in External Applications IV. SPECIALIZATIONS IN NURSING 15. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium as Stages of Human Becoming 16. Neonatal Nursing Care. Care Is Education--Education Is Care . 17. The Concept of Development as the Basis for Anthroposophically Extended Pediatric Nursing 18. Psychiatric Nursing 19. From the Question of Meaning in Cancer to the Cultivation of the Senses 20. Anthroposophic Oncology Nursing 21. Geriatric Care as Care for Human Beings 22. Aspects of Caring for Elderly People who are Mentally Ill or Confused 23. Caring for People with Dementia in Inpatient Facilities 24. Palliative Care 25. The Care and Accompaniment of the Dying and the Deceased Epilogue List of Products Mentioned, with US and European equivalents About the Authors Index This book is a translation from German of Anthroposophische Pflegepraxis--Grundlagen und Anregungen für alltägliches Handeln, 4th edition (Salumed Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2017). Translated from the German by Carol Brousseau.
Author: Monica Layer
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN: 1902636767
Category : Anthroposophy
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Rhythmic Einreibungen consist of gentle forms of therapeutic massage by nurses, caregivers, and therapists familiar with the methods and principles of Anthroposophy. The German word Einreibung refers to the application of oil or liniments to the body. The methods, first developed eighty years ago by doctors Ita Wegman and Margarethe Hauschka, were initially used only in medicine and nursing. They have since been applied more broadly in other areas of healthcare, nursing homes, hospitals, clinics, special education, and social therapies. This clear, comprehensive manual is intended for all those who wish to use rhythmical Einreibungen professionally or to renew and deepen their knowledge; those who have had some training in the field and want to deepen their knowledge; those who teach rhythmical Einreibungen; and those who would like an in-depth introduction to this effective healing method. The book describes aspects of the anthroposophic image of the human being that are relevant within the context. It discusses important concepts for the application and effectiveness of rhythmical Einreibungen. The book also distinguishes between rhythmical massage and rhythmical Einreibungen and offers details on how the rhythmic quality is created for this particular therapy. The authors also describe the techniques most important in nursing and offer specific exercises that help develop the particular skills needed for this procedure. Dr. Margarethe Hauschka Stavenhagen, (1896-1980) encountered Anthroposophy before becoming a medical doctor. She learned techniques of massage during her initial employment in her uncle's clinic. As a preparation for her work in Dr. Husemann's clinic, and on his suggestion, she studied therapeutic eurythmy and, later, helped Dr. Ita Wegman develop the method of the rhythmic massage. In 1942, she marriage Dr. Rudolf Hauschka in Vienna. Until her death in 1980, she taught and lectured on rhythmic massage and art therapy. C O N T E N T S 1. Basic Principles The human being in body, soul, and spirit The four bodies Functional threefoldness in the human organism The senses The hand 2. Quality Criteria for Rhythmical Einreibungen according to Wegman/Hauschka The origins of Rhythmical Einreibungen Definition of Rhythmical Einreibungen Quality criteria The whole process The effects of Rhythmical Einreibungen Indications Contraindications What is demanded of you, the carer 3. Methodology for part Einreibungen Back Einreibungen Arm Einreibungen Chest Einreibungen Abdominal Einreibungen Leg Einreibungen The pentagram Einreibungen Rhythmical Einreibungen of organs according to Wegman/Hauschka 4. Practical Exercises Methodology List of exercises given Exercises don in a group Exercises for quality of touch Exercises in technique Exercises in sensory perception In conclusion
Author: Friedrich Husemann
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780880100311
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Today's medicine is strongly influenced by natural science, which focuses entirely on the material nature of reality. Molecular biology has become the foundation of modern medicine with the result that today's medical industry chases after technology to solve all its problems. In the process it is losing its own essence as it moves into fields increasingly alien to human nature as a whole. Nevertheless, many doctors are beginning to reexamine this exclusive worldview in favor of a more wholistic approach to healing. To this end, anthroposophical medicine encompasses a wide range of healing modalities, including orthodox, allopathic medicine. The Anthroposophical Approach to Medicine explores the body's relationship to soul and spirit on the basis of Rudolf Steiner's insights into the activities of the spiritual world. Edited by doctors Friedrich Husemann and Otto Wolff, this book invites us to an in-depth view of a true alternative to materialistically oriented medicine. Chapters include essays on childhood development and diseases; the disorders of old age; neuroses and psychological imbalances; pharmacology; healing plants; biochemistry and pathology; blood-work; and special diagnostic techniques. This first of a multi-volume series is an invaluable tool to all who want to extend the practice of medicine to include the whole human being.
Author: Steven Johnson
Publisher: Portal Books
ISBN: 9781938685354
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Human disease is an elaborate dance between behavior, our environment, and chance. Medicine tries to tame human disease with science, but when our knowledge falls short, disease wins. This is too often the case with cancer. We spend billions of dollars each year trying to better understand it and develop tools to ease its effects. Today, many allopathic medical practitioners are beginning to seek out a greater connection with holistic and integrative approaches. The authors of this book introduce one specific therapy and make a case for integrative health in general, including anthroposophically extended medicine, naturopathy, and other holistic approaches. Mistletoe therapy has long been considered a viable treatment for cancer by the European medical community and is beginning to gain recognition in North America, as well. The mistletoe plant possesses many remarkable properties. As a therapy, it represents a rediscovery of ancient wisdom and shows us how the science of modern medicine might expand its reach and reconnect with a more human-centered medicine. The book was structured following the syllabus for a three-day practitioner training hosted by the Physicians' Association for Anthroposophic Medicine (PAAM). The chapters highlight several of our key lectures in a condensed form. The book serves as an introductory summary of--not a replacement for--those intensive professional trainings. This book is constructed as a journey and is meant to be read in its entirety, whether by a patient, a practitioner, a supporter of integrative oncology, or anyone who takes a deep interest in one's own health concerns. The text is accessible, and the reader does not need a science background to understand the majority of the content. While this book should not be considered a treatment or diagnostic manual, it is intended to both prepare practitioners to begin mistletoe therapy training and to make this information available in an accessible form to anyone interested in learning about this approach to treating cancer. Illustrated in color and b/w
Author: Kathleen Galvin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136181946
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Something is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient’s experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise health and social care and keep the person at the centre of practice. Caring and Well-Being opens by articulating Galvin and Todres’ innovative framework for humanising health care and closes with a synthesis of their argument and a discussion of how this can be applied in healthcare policy and practice. It: presents an innovative lifeworld-led approach to the humanisation of care; explores the concept of well-being and its relationship to suffering and outlines the rationale for a focus on them within this approach; discusses how the framework can be applied and how health and social practitioners can draw on aesthetic and empathic avenues to help develop their capacity for care; provides direction for policy, practice and education. Investigating what it means to be human in a health and social care context and what the things that make us feel more human are, this book presents new perspectives about how professionals can enhance their capacity for humanly sensitive care. It is a valuable work for all those interested in ideas about care and caring in a health and social context, including psychologists, doctors and nurses.
Author: Jochen Schwuchow
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN: 1855842408
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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The poor quality of water, as well as its restricted supply and availability, is one of the biggest challenges of our time, with presently two-fifth's of the world's population unable to find adequate fresh water for essential usage. Over 40 years' research has been carried out on the positive effects that rhythms and specific water flow has on water's capacity to support life. Energizing Water presents this cutting-edge research to the general and professional reader at a time when interest in finding solutions to water's huge worldwide problems is growing rapidly. Three aspects determine water quality: its chemical constituents (including its oxygen levels); its organic aspects (with the danger of contamination by effluent, pathogens and algae); and its 'energetic' nature. The latter facet has been recognized from time immemorial by traditional societies, who have developed their own sciences in relation to water quality, using terms such as prana and chi for energy. Now, through the introduction of quantum physics into the life sciences, modern science is beginning to accept this concept, measuring energy as light emission. Research into energetic water quality - and particularly into the creation of moulded surfaces that support biological purification of the chemical and organic elements, as well as enlivening the energetic attributes - goes back to George Adams' and John Wilkes' pioneering work in the 1960s. The invention of Flowform technology in 1970 carried this research further, providing the world with one of the first modern-day, biomimicry eco-technologies. This creative technology applies nature's best methods to produce extraordinary results, and this book outlines the background story on research and application of the Flowform method today.
Author: Alfred Längler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642042015
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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This book covers a broad spectrum of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices employed in pediatric oncology worldwide, with a special focus on the methods widely used in Western countries. It is a scientifically based, practice-oriented handbook that will meet the needs of pediatric oncologists working in medical practices and hospitals. An introductory section includes a comparative overview of current CAM use in pediatric oncology in different countries. Commonly used CAM methods are then discussed in a series of chapters that provide a theoretical description of the method in question, followed by more practically oriented information, including scientific data if applicable. Special attention is paid to the issue of how to integrate each method into conventional pediatric oncology. The closing parts of the book consider aspects of CAM requiring further development, such as institutional research, and provide a road map on establishing integrative pediatric oncology worldwide.
Author: Peter Selg
Publisher: Steiner Books
ISBN: 9781621481621
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rudolf Steiner wrote the text of the "Warmth Meditation" on two sheets of A4 paper in neat handwriting and without revisions or corrections, complete with two small, sketch-like drawings. He gave the meditation to the medical student Helene von Grunelius in early 1923 and "described it as the way for medical practitioners to behold the etheric Christ." It was intended for use by her and her circle of friends in their medical studies. The warmth meditation became their central esoteric medical meditation and has been maintained and practiced by countless individuals during the past eight decades, becoming for many the existential core of their therapeutic practice and perspective. Peter Selg's insightful book describes the historical context of meditation and some of its spiritual implications. Included are reproductions of the original meditation as written down by Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman.
Author: Dan McKanan
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520344081
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festive celebrations with one another and their neighbors. Unlike movements that reject mainstream society, Camphill expressly seeks to be “a seed of social renewal” by evolving along with society to promote the full inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, who comprise nearly half of their residents. In this multifaceted exploration of Camphill, Dan McKanan traces the complexities of the movement’s history, envisions its possible future, and invites ongoing dialogue between the fields of disability studies and communal studies.
Author: Ernst Katz
Publisher: Steiner Books
ISBN: 9780880107228
Category : Anthroposophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Ernst Katz was one of the foremost teachers of Anthroposophy in America during the second half of the twentieth century. He was professor of physics at the University of Michigan and, quite likely, the only professor in the country who taught courses in both natural science and spiritual science at the university level. Core Anthroposophy makes available Dr. Katzs carefully constructed teaching essays. It offers present and future students of Anthroposophy with a valuable and accessible resource for better understanding the esoteric teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
