Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553382748 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sandra Conant said A Marvelous Resource. Maggie Callanan has done a great service in helping every reader understand and plan for his/her own passage and to help all those who will accompany them. I wish I had read this before my mother died, but am grateful for it as I enter a phase of losing other loved ones. many thanks!. An Excellent book T. Stratton This book, and the earlier book by the same auther "Final Gifts" are wonderful guides to anyone facing the loss of a loved one. Written by a Hospice nurse, it gives tremendous insights drawn from her years of experience with the Hospice program.I was told about these two books during grief counciling by Hospice after the loss of my wife from Cancer. My regret is. N.J. Rogers said Excellent read. Needed this.
She brings welcome clarity to medical and ethical concerns, explaining what to expect at every stage.Designed to be your companion, resource, and advocate from diagnosis through the final hours, Final Journeys will help you keep the lines of communication open, get the help you need, and create the peaceful end we all hope for.. Now the coauthor of the classic bestseller Final Gifts passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients. For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. From supporting a husband or wife faced with the loss of a spouse to helping a dying mother prepare her children to carry on without her, Callanan’s poignant stories illustrate new ways to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of this difficult and precious time. Here is the guide we all need to understanding the special needs of the dying and those who care for them
Maggie is the author of Final Journeys and co-author of Final Gifts. Maggie Callanan, R.N., has specialized in the care of the dying since 1981. She lectures widely to lay and professional audiences on death and dying, bereavement, and hospice care. She lives on the New England coast.
“What do we all want, when we approach the inevitable? For a wise, hilarious, sensitive, and pragmatic nurse to sit at our bedside and tell us truths that are helpful, healing, and humane. Her insights ring true, and her wise, confident voice is an invaluable companion through this unfamiliar and often frightening final journey.”—Ira Byock, M.D., Professor of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and author of Dying Well and The Four Things That Matter Most“Filled with warmth, insight, compassion, and personal stories, Final Journeys will prepare you for your own transition, and it is must reading for everyone who has relatives and loved ones who are agi