In gentle, compassionate language, "The Needs of the Dying" helps us through the last chapter of our lives. Author David Kessler has identified key areas of concern: the need to be treated as a living human being, the need for hope, the need to express emotions, the need to participate in care, the need for honesty, the need for spirituality, and ...
This book offers an honest and inspirational look at one man's struggle against the clock to understand the significance of his work and close the relationships in his life. At 53, Gene O'Kelly, the hard-driving CEO of KPGM, one of the world's top professional services firms, had it all - a string of career accomplishments, a loving family and a ...
The stories in We Carry Each Other are born organically through the CarePages community-- one of the world's largest social networking sites where lifestyle and health needs meet community and emotional support. These stories of everyday heroes are sure to inspire a social movement in compassionate caring toward those struggling with illness, loss ...
When her husband was dying from prostate cancer, Governor Barbara Roberts had to look inside herself to survive. What she found in that journey fills the pages of this frank but inspiring book, written for both the patient facing death and those he or she leaves behind.
This book is a thoughtful, informative, and practical guide for anyone involved in caring for the seriously and chronically ill or dying. The connection between spirituality and medicine has been receiving a lot of attention in both the scientific and lay presses recently, but research and anecdotal evidence all indicate that spirituality is ...
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 ...
Individuals with serious and incurable illnesses often require care that goes beyond the body. As they face the challenges of living with and eventually dying from their conditions, they may need to acquire new skills to cope and increase their quality of life. Even those at the beginning of the end of life can take an active role in their ...
In Conrad's 1897 novel, THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS, the morale of a ship's crew is undermined by sympathy for a dying black sailor: a paradoxical situation that Conrad returned to often in his novels, which are frequently about the danger as well as the absolute necessity of human relationships.
Interweaving the intensely moving stories of those who have met death and those who have accompanied them, with stories from ancient myth and legend, and insights gained from the author's decades of experience in guiding others on their journey toward death, this remarkable book may well change your approach to life.
A physical, psychological, and spiritual transition that can bring with it the potential for great personal growth and family closeness, dying requires special care and understanding. Peaceful Dying, based on the FairCare program founded by Dr. Dan Tobin, presents a 26-step program designed to return control and peace to those who have entered ...
As a psychologist in a Paris hospice, the author has made a vocation out of "accompanying" the dying and here describes a spiritual discipline of presence amidst suffering and service among the infirm--an experience in which the dying teach the rest of us how to live.
A guide to easing the suffering of the seriously ill through only an empathetic and informed presence. Jeff Kane, a physician, explains for all types of caregivers - family, friends, physicians, nurses, hospital and doctor office staff members - how to develop a dramatically effective "bedside manner". Everyone who has asked the question, "How can ...
This book encourages health professionals to conceptualize their practice in the light of the fact that their patients are deteriorating and dying, supporting them in their dichotomous role which involves affirming that person's life whilst acknowledging that life is ending. Professionals are encouraged to think laterally, to be creative in their ...
Recent debate surrounding euthanasia has focused on the question of whether quality of life for terminally-ill patients can be enhanced. The introduction of art therapy into palliative care settings represents a bold attempt to allow such patients to regain feelings of control over their lives. This comprehensive volume provides accessible ...
In this simple guide, you'll find both practical step-by-step advice and compassionate, heartfelt guidance to dramatically improve the last days of life. Written by a mother-daughter team of hospice volunteers with experience in nursing, law, and psychology, "The End-of-Life Advisor" will show you the remarkable benefits of hospice care. If you ...
Without minimizing the sadness and grief that attend fatal illness, Ellis and Abrams show how the dying person can stave off depression and seize what opportunities for enjoyment are still available. Albert Ellis, whose self-help books have sold in the millions throughout the years, now puts his Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to the ultimate ...
Improvements in health care in the 21st century mean people are living longer, but with the paradox that chronic illness is increasingly prevalent. Dementia, a term used to describe various different brain disorders that involve a loss of brain function that is usually progressive and eventually severe, is a condition associated with an ageing ...
No matter what your age, reflecting on your last interactions with a dying loved one can have life-long consequences for you. This book weaves direct quotations from real people's memories of final conversations, with advice and themes that will help you determine what may work for you.
The only book written for the dying person, this life-enhancing guide helps one resolve the physical, emotional, and spiritual concerns unique to this "end time". Includes a Foreword by Bernie Siegel, M.D. "Speaks to modern readers with refreshing frankness and wit". "Publishers Weekly".
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her work with dying patients at the University of Chicago and were considered ...
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