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Final gifts, understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

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Final gifts, understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Final gifts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

742509747

Responsibility statement

Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley

Sub title

understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying

Summary

"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

Table Of 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

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Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying

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