Final gifts : understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying / Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012, c1992.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. edDescription: 221 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781451667257 (trade pbk.)
- 1451667256 (trade pbk.)
- 9781451677294 (ebook)
- 1451677294 (ebook)
- BF789.D4 C25 2012
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Book or Printed Material | Main Library Library | Lifestyle | 362.175 C1567 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IMUAC046886 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).
Machine generated contents note: One."It's Time To Get In Line." -- I.NEARING DEATH AWARENESS: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- Two.Nearing Death Awareness: An Introduction -- Three.Beginnings -- Four.Reactions To Death -- II.NEARING DEATH AWARENESS: WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING -- Five."Where's The Map?" -- Six.Preparing For Travel Or Change: "I'm Getting Ready To Leave." -- Seven.Being In The Presence Of Someone Not Alive: "I'm Not Alone." -- Eight.Seeing A Place: "I See Where I'm Going." -- Nine.Knowing When Death Will Occur: "It Will Be When..." -- III.NEARING DEATH AWARENESS: WHAT I NEED FOR A PEACEFUL DEATH -- Ten."We Must Go To The Park." -- Eleven.Needing Reconciliation: "I Need To Make Peace With..." -- Twelve.Being Held Back: "I'm Stuck In Between..." -- Thirteen.Nonverbal Communications: "My Actions Speak For Me." -- Fourteen.Symbolic Dreams: "I Dreamed About..." -- Fifteen.Choosing A Time: "The Time Is Right." -- Sixteen.Nearing Death Awareness: Practical Uses.
"In this moving and compassionate book, hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more then twenty years experience tending the terminally ill."--P. [4] of cover.
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