Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying |
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Author:
Maggie Callanan,
Patricia Kelley
By Bantam
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List Price: $17.00
Our Price: $8.78
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Product Description
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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Powerful and essential reading for anyone witnessing the death process, 2008-12-03
This amazing and powerful book helped me to witness and tend to my father during his passing. His process followed to the letter what the book promises to those who are willing to listen/observe with a ear/eye to the symbols and metaphors a dying person will use as they move in and out of lucidity passing back and forth beyond the veil of death. Just as the book suggested would happen my father not only told us when he would die, but how he would die, what the next space/dimension looked like, and who was there to aid him on his journey. He asked and we gave him permission to leave his body and go to the light. It was powerful and life-changing. I recommended the book to the physicians who tended him during his end days. As a result of the book and witnessing the process I have no fear whatsoever of death. Beautiful, powerful, impactful!
Wonderful book. Highly recommend for anyone on this journey!, 2008-11-30
I read this book in 1996, when I was taking care of my father who was dying of lung cancer, which had metastasized everywhere. I am a Registered Nurse, & worked for 20 yrs in Intensive Care units. I took care of patients immediately after open heart surgery & have some trauma experience, so, I knew that death & dying could/would be messy, just like birth. However, most of the time, I was not thinking like a nurse. I was thinking like a daughter, who had very little time to be with my father (less than 2 weeks.) My father's hospice nurse, who was also a friend & neighbor, recommended this book to me. It helped me immensely, & also gave me some insight into helping my patients & their families deal with death & dying. I have since recommended this book & hospice care to my patients & their families. As a nurse, I had been told by many patients about their "near death" experiences, so, I knew when my father told me he was talking to people he didn't know, that he was in the presence of Angels, which was very comforting to me. He told me on Sunday, that he would die on Thursday, April 4th, his mother's birthday. She had preceded him in death many years before. When he started telling me that "Granny" was in the room, several days before, I was comforted knowing that he would not have to make this "journey" alone. He was lucid until 30 minutes before his death. He did die on that day, & he had the most rapturous smile before he took his last breath. His smile was like, "Ok, I'm ready. Come get me." There is a saying, "Medicine is a science, Nursing is an art." This is a wonderful book for anyone who may be traveling on this journey. Death is just as much a part of life as birth.
Comfort and Reassurance for the Caretaker, 2008-10-18
This book was informative and comforting to me after I lost my mother to cancer. I wished I'd had this information while I was caring for her during her final months of life. However, it helped me to understand her needs and desires as I reflected on her health and needs during my grieving the first month following her passing. I strongly recommend it as an accompaniment to the services of Hospice.
Final Gifts, 2008-10-05
I first read this book as my dad was approaching death, which was caused by his cancer. It gave me valuable insights into what my dad, and my family, were going through. I have since purchased and given copies of this book to several friends and family members. I highly recommend it to anyone, but especially if they are currently going through the impending loss of a loved one.
A blessing , 2008-08-27
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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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 |
