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1	Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying: A Pastoral Guide for Hospice Care Workers and All Who Live with the Terminally Ill more books like this by Kathy Kalina add to wishlist "This understanding can only serve to make us all more tender and compassionate emissaries of love to one another. It deals with only with living people preparing to die, but with dying people preparing to live"......Fr. Michael Mannion see all copies from $6.35! new only from $8.66! \| SVS
2	Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life more books like this by Stan Goldberg add to wishlist When Stan Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he was afraid and deeply saddened by his prognosis, as anyone in his situation would be. Unlike many, however, he chose to face his fear by helping others in the process of dying - he signed up as a hospice volunteer to be at the bedsides of people who are terminally ill. His experiences changed his ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95! \| SVS
3	The Hospice Movement: A Better Way of Caring for the Dying more books like this by Sandol Stoddard add to wishlist The classic that revolutionized the way we treat the terminally ill--and how we view death itself--now substantially updated and expanded with three entirely new chapters and an extensive appendix on pain and symptom management. Plus, new material on the movement's growth and response to the challenge of AIDS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Nursing Care at the End of Life: Palliative Care for Patients and Families more books like this by Joyce V Zerwekh add to wishlist "Nursing Care at the End of Life: Palliative Care for Patients and Families" explores the deep issues of caring for the dying and suffering. The book is based on the Hospice Family Caregiving Model previously published by the author and focuses on the practice implications of care for the dying. The book is written in a clear and user-friendly ... see all copies from $25.14! new only from $25.14! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Hospice and Palliative Care: Concepts and Practice more books like this by Walter B Foreman, M.D., Judith A Kitzes, M.D., Robert P Anderson, Rph add to wishlist An overlook of the theoretical prespective and practical information about the growing field of hospice. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $57.94!
6	Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook: Quality, Compliance and Reimbursement more books like this by Tina M Marrelli, Fred F Ferri, M.D. add to wishlist "Hospice and Palliative Care Handbook, 2nd Edition" includes everything hospice and palliative care professionals need to know to effectively provide and document quality care based on accepted professional standards. Presented in an easy-to-use handbook style, this is the only guide that offers clinicians complete coverage of all hospice-related ... see all copies from $23.46! new only from $23.46! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death, and Hospice more books like this by Richard Russo (Editor) add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Russo and five other Maine authors here prove that the close of life need not be filled with darkness, when hospice help is at hand. These writers recount intensely personal and profoundly moving end-of-life accounts that cover a wide spectrum of human experience. All six authors are donating their royalties ... see all copies from $5.05! new only from $9.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks more books like this by Robin Romm add to wishlist From the critically acclaimed author of "The Mother Garden" comes a stirring and intimate memoir about the three weeks before her mother's death. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.61! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sharing the Darkness: The Spirituality of Caring more books like this by Sheila Cassidy add to wishlist see all copies from $2.75! new only from $9.99!
10	All Kinds of Love: Experiencing Hospice more books like this by Carolyn Jaffe, Carol H Ehrlich add to wishlist Presents a view of hospice care through the eyes of a long-term hospice nurse. This title includes stories which are accompanied by discussion of end-of-life issues that arise among the families hospice nurse has served. It is useful for health care and social worker and layperson alike. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $11.95! \| signed copies
11 view cover	Lessons from the Dying more books like this by Rodney Smith, M.S, Joseph Goldstein (Foreword by) add to wishlist In everyday language, "Smith offers us important teachings and reflections for dealing with death and embracing life" (Jack Kornfield, author of "A Path with Heart"). see all copies from $5.45! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
12 view cover	A Practical Guide to Palliative Care more books like this by Jerry L Old, Daniel L Swagerty add to wishlist Designed for easy use at the bedside, this manual contains the practical information health care professionals need to provide optimal end-of-life care. The book presents a multidimensional, holistic approach to assessment and management of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. Topics covered include ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Hospice Companion more books like this by Perry G Fine add to wishlist The Hospice Companion is designed to promote, establish, maintain and continuously improve comprehensive systems of care that ensure the highest quality of services to meet the needs of patients and their families during the last phase of life. On behalf of their patients, all hospice providers must inculcate processes of care that lead to maximal ... see all copies from $25.62! new only from $25.62!
14 view cover	Confessions of a Deathmaiden more books like this by Ruth Francisco add to wishlist Frances Oliver is a deathmaiden--that is, she helps people die. Summoned to the bedside of 10-year-old Tomas, she senses that it may be possible to bring him out of his coma. However, paramedics spirit Tomas away before she can save him. Believing that a corporation with an interest in the recycled organ business is the culprit, Frances resolves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Hospice Handbook 1993 more books like this by Larry Beresford, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. (Foreword by) add to wishlist In recent years hospice care has gone from a little-known medical alternative to a major movement in health care that has played a leading role in the lives of over 200,000 people. By emphasizing palliative care and pain management rather than curative treatment, hospices allow the terminally ill to spend the last days, week, or months of their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.86! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life more books like this by PhD RN GNP CS (Editor), PhD RN Anp CS (Editor) add to wishlist "These authors and the pages of this text...create the blueprint that will build the kind of care system we all wish for our loved ones." - From the Foreword by Betty Rolling Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN. The second edition of this award-winning text provides the essential guide to achieving best practices in palliative care nursing. It offers a blend ... see all copies from $31.00! new only from $78.71! \| SVS
17 view cover	Hospice Care for Children more books like this by Ann Armstrong-Dailey (Editor), Sarah Zarbock (Editor) add to wishlist Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses and their families, require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs. This book, the first edition of which won the 1993 Pediatric Nursing Book of the Year Award, provides an authoritative source for the many people involved in caring for dying children. It draws together ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Soon: Tales from Hospice more books like this by A G Mojtabai add to wishlist This cycle of stories take place in a Texas hospice and explores the subject of death with courage and compassion. see all copies from $8.11! new only from $79.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Among Friends: Hospice/AIDS more books like this by Robert W Buckingham add to wishlist This valuable guide shows how hospice can provide compassionate, palliative care to meet the medical, psychological, and spiritual needs of persons with AIDS and those who love them; it offers a detailed discussion of the history and philosophy of hospice care; the medical challenges and psychological issues involved in the treatment of AIDS ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Family Handbook of Hospice Care more books like this by Fairview Health Services add to wishlist Hospice Care is a comprehensive resource book for individuals and families seeking practical information and emotional support. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death more books like this by Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, John J Maloney, John J Mahoney add to wishlist Drawing on the expertise of The National Hospice Organization--the umbrella organization for the ever-increasing number of hospice programs nationwide--this definitive guidebook outlines the many different choices for care and help available to the terminally ill, their families, and their caretakers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Euthanasia Is Not the Answer: A Hospice Physician's View more books like this by David Cundiff add to wishlist Today's news is full of stories about suicide machines, critical life-and-death decisions, who owns a person's life, death with dignity, prolonging painful life, and euthanasia as a justifiable release for terminally ill patients. And this year, California voters will be faced with a real life-and-death decision: the Euthanasia Initiative. Other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Signs of Life: A Memoir of Dying and Discovery more books like this by Tim Brookes add to wishlist What begins as straightforward investigative journalism about the hospice movement becomes a highly affecting personal memoir when the author receives news that his mother is dying of cancer. The resulting work shows the author's particular sensitivity to the role of spirituality in hospice, and the gap between hospice philosophy and real-life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.67! \| signed copies \| SVS
24 view cover	Hospice: Practice, Pitfalls, Promise: Practice, Pitfalls, & Promise more books like this by Stephen R Connor, Connor Stephen add to wishlist In the context of the author's claims that in the past twenty-five years the hospice movement has undergone major changes and has grown enormously - what was once a small rebellion against the the way dying people were cared for has become a small health care industry - in spite of this a majority of people are not aware of the work hospices do. ... see all copies from $13.68! new only from $32.66! \| signed copies \| SVS
25 view cover	Hospice more books like this by Parker Rossman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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