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A guide to caring for the dying, and to coming to terms with death and preparing for it emotionally, practically and spiritually. The author's husband was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in 1976, at the age of 24, and after his death she helped to establish a hospice in California.
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Christine Longaker is the former director of the Hospice of Santa Cruz County and an end-of-life-care trainer. An internationally recognized expert in the care for the dying, she co-designed Naropa University's training program in end-of-life care and is the author of Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying.
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Christine Longaker's experience with death and care of the dying began in 1976 when her husband was diagnosed with acute leukemia at the age of twenty-four. Since his death, she has devoted her life to ease the suffering of those facing death. In "Facing Death and Finding Hope, she clearly and compassionately identifies the typical fears and struggles experienced by the dying and their families. The core of this book is presented in "Four Tasks of Living and Dying," using the Tibetan Buddhist perspective on death to provide a new framework of meaning. A book of great depth and grace, it is destined to become a classic in the literature on death and dying.
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- PublisherCentury
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0712678808
- ISBN 13 9780712678803
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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