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Growing old : a journey of self-discovery / Danielle Quinodoz ; translated by David Alcorn.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Routledge, 2009.Description: 1 v. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780415545662 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415545655 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415545662 (Paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Vieillir, une decouverte. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.67 QUI
LOC classification:
  • BF724.55.A35 Q5613 2009
Contents:
Reconstructing one\'s own internal life-history -- One small second of eternity -- The work of remembering -- The phases of life -- Anxiety about death -- What lies behind the decline of very old people? -- Losing everything without losing oneself -- The resources of old age -- Strait is the gate -- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and older people -- Psychoanalysis and elderly people -- Being a psychoanalyst and growing old -- Grandparents and the difference between generations -- The blue note and the discovery of loving.
Summary: In this study psychoanalyst Danielle Quinodoz highlights the values of old age. She draws not only on her clinical experience of working with the elderly, but also on her personal experience of growing old.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 155.67 QUI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209995

First published by Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reconstructing one\'s own internal life-history -- One small second of eternity -- The work of remembering -- The phases of life -- Anxiety about death -- What lies behind the decline of very old people? -- Losing everything without losing oneself -- The resources of old age -- Strait is the gate -- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and older people -- Psychoanalysis and elderly people -- Being a psychoanalyst and growing old -- Grandparents and the difference between generations -- The blue note and the discovery of loving.

In this study psychoanalyst Danielle Quinodoz highlights the values of old age. She draws not only on her clinical experience of working with the elderly, but also on her personal experience of growing old.

Translated from the French.

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