Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
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Manufacturer: Bantam
Written By: Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.937
EAN: 9780553378764
ISBN: 0553378767
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1997-02-03
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: 1997-02-03
Studio: Bantam
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Editorial Reviews for Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
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Five years after its first publication, with more than 150,000 copies in print, Final Gifts has become a classic. 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 than twenty years experience tending the terminally ill.
Through their stories we come to appreciate the near-miraculous ways in which the dying communicate their needs, reveal their feelings, and even choreograph their own final moments; we also discover the gifts—of wisdom, faith, and love—that the dying leave for the living to share.
Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, Final Gifts shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.
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Summary: A blessing
Comment: Final Gifts is a blessing for anyone going through the experience of sharing "nearing death" end of life with a loved one. This book was given to me by Hospice nurses and it opened my eyes and helped me to understand some of the communications that my mother was trying to convey. I recommend this book to anyone who has a terminally ill loved one.
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Summary: Not Helpful If You & All Your Loved Ones Are Immortal, But The Rest Of Us...
Comment: Ms. Callanan and Ms. Kelley have written a guide of different ways patients may react in the process of dying and how everyone involved can be somewhat prepared for what happens towards the end of life. It is very much written in layman's terms. You won't have to worry about cracking open a dictionary for this baby. This book was a great help to my wife when she, her dad and her four siblings helped their dying mother. Many of the examples cited in this book did occur during the final week. The book is illuminating and will give the reader a great deal of comfort. Do yourself a favor and read it.
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Summary: must overlook authors superstitions
Comment: contains valuable information on what to expect emotionally from and how to interact with a dying loved one. the author assumes life after life, which is unknown in reality. this affects her interpretations of the departings' experience. if you can overlook this, it's a good book.
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Summary: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
Comment: This is one of the finest books to help you understand the dying process both on helping the dying person and helping yourself.
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Summary: Help for Caregivers of Dying
Comment: My sister-in-law asked for this book when her son-in-law was recently killed in a motorcycle accident. I've ordered 3 or 4 and they give so much insight into what a dying patient is feeling - very reassuring and comforting to the loved ones.
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