Finding the Way Home: A Compassionate Approach to Illness - Hardcover

Heiss, Gayle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0936609354 ISBN 13: 9780936609355

Publisher: QED Press, 1997

Synopsis

"Finding the Way Home" offers a way--through Gayle Heiss's own experience of chronic illness--to understand and even to realize 'wholeness.' Her illness prompted her to seek out others, to hear their stories, to tell them her own, and to tell all these stories, with their implications and conclusions, to us. Heiss is direct, conversational, and immediate in her style. She writes compellingly, and emphasizes interdependence as the antidote to the illness of our time. For her, it comes down to people helping each other. To those in the healing profession, to those who suffer from an illness that has changed their lives, to hospice volunteers, to those in the ministry, to those who regularly visit the ill and elderly, to those with aging parents, to everyone--since we are all "human, vulnerable, and mortal," this book is helpful, and it may even be healing.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In a sensitive, wise book, Heiss helps the chronically ill put their illnesses in perspective. She turns their attention to the neglected aspects that make life worth livingtheir strengths and talents, loving relationships, and the pleasures of everyday life. This practical book helps the ill regain wholeness of self and peace of mind. With its insight, clarity, and beauty of language, this brave, profound book should be required reading for anyone who becomes ill or attempts to help those who are. It is a major contribution to the field of healthcare.

Edition details

• Publisher: QED Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0936609354
• ISBN 13: 9780936609355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288