Final Gifts: Understanding and Helping the Dying - Softcover

Maggie Callanan; Patricia Kelley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034057481X ISBN 13: 9780340574812

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1994

Synopsis

For everyone who has been or ever will be close to someone who is dying, this book is aimed at helping them to understand not only what the experience of death is like, but also how to interpret the symbolic messages by which the dying attempt to communicate their needs to us. In many cases, the dying need to pass on some vital message before they feel able to "let go". Often, communication can break down entirely, with neither side feeling able to reach the other or to express feelings honestly. The authors draw on their many years of hospice nursing to show that by keeping an open mind and by listening carefully to dying people, friends and relations can begin to understand not only what they need to tell them, but also what the experience is like.

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Review

Beautifully written, illuminating and reassuring Final Gifts is truly a gift to us all. Judy Tatelbaum, author of "The Courage to Grieve
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Treasure clear, authentic, responsible, and profoundly moving. Sandol Stoddard, author of The Hospice Movement
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Beautifully written, illuminating and reassuring Final Gifts is truly a gift to us all. Judy Tatelbaum, author of The Courage to Grieve
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These richly told stories enable us to respond to the dying in new and authentic ways. Ira R. Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life"

"These richly told stories enable us to respond to the dying in new and authentic ways." --Ira R. Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life

"Treasure-clear, authentic, responsible, and profoundly moving." --Sandol Stoddard, author of The Hospice Movement

"Beautifully written, illuminating and reassuring...Final Gifts is truly a gift to us all." --Judy Tatelbaum, author of The Courage to Grieve

About the Author

Maggie Callanan has specialized in the care of the dying since 1981. She lectures widely to lay and professional audiences on death and dying, bereavement, and hospice care. Maggie is also the author of Final Journeys. She lives on the New England coast.
Patricia Kelley has worked in hospice care since 1978. She formerly held positions as Clinical Director of Montgomery Hospice in Maryland and as Director of Health Systems Leadership at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. She now works as a national and international consultant providing education and training on issues relating to hospice and palliative care. Patricia is also the author of Companion to Grief: Finding Consolation When Someone You Love Has Died.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Religious
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034057481X
• ISBN 13: 9780340574812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218