Final gifts : understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying
(2012, original release: 1992)
By:
Callanan, Maggie
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
155.937/CALLANAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012
©1992
©1992
EDITION
First Simon and Schuster trade paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
221 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781451667257, 1451667256, 9781451667257
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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."--Page 4 of cover
CONTENTS
"It's time to get in line" --
Nearing death awareness: introduction and background. Nearing death awareness: an introduction --
Beginnings --
Reactions to death --
Nearing death awareness: what I am experiencing. "Where's the map?" --
Preparing for travel or change: "I'm getting ready to leave" --
Being in the presence of someone not alive: "I'm not alone" --
Seeing a place: "I see where I'm going" --
Knowing when death will occur: "It will be when ..." --
Nearing death awareness: what I need for a peaceful death. "We must go to the park" --
Needing reconciliation: "I need to make peace with ..." --
Being held back: "I'm stuck in between ..." --
Nonverbal communications: "My actions speak for me" --
Symbolic dreams: "I dreamed about ..." --
Choosing a time: "The time is right" --
Nearing death awareness: practical uses