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Nearing Death Awareness
"Nearing Death Awareness" explains the extraordinary behaviors often seen in those nearing the end of life, and how the experience of these can be changed from odd, bewildering moments into opportunities for spiritual refinement and growth. Mary Anne Sanders argues that dying is a complex experience for both the dying person and their family, friends and carers, and it involves all aspects of humanity: physical, mental and spiritual. The author explains the different types of Nearing Death Awareness (NDA), including visions, dreams and symbolic language, illustrated with accessible case examples from relatives and health care professionals who have witnessed NDA. She also offers practical guidance for family and carers of the dying about how to respond appropriately and supportively to NDA behavior, enabling the dying person to examine their identity, explore their spirituality and achieve self-acceptance. This sensitive and informative book will appeal to anyone who is likely to accompany a dying person, readers with an interest in spirituality, medical and social services professionals and students of palliative care.
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Final Gifts
Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
"Final Gifts" shares the intimate experiences of two hospice nurses with their terminally ill patients. Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, this sensitive book shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.
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Final Journeys
A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life
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. Now the coauthor of the classic bestseller "Final Gifts" passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients. Here is the guide we all need to understanding the special needs of the dying and those who care for them.
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The Wheel of Life
A Memoir of Living and Dying
In her last and most moving book, a much-anticipated autobiography, the woman who transformed the way we think about death and dying offers a remarkable, inspiring portrait of life and living. "The Wheel of Life" traces the events in the author's life which shaped her intellectually and spiritually, from her work in war-ravaged Poland to her pioneering counseling of the terminally ill to her eye-opening discussions with people who have been revived after almost dying.
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Death is of Vital Importance
On Life, Death, and Life After Death
This book is compiled from tape recordings of public lectures given by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross from 1976-1989. Her presence and personal magnetism shine through the pages far beyond mere words on paper. For those of us who heard Elisabeth in person, her timeless message transports us back to the days we sat enthralled in the audience, uplifted by her love, clarity, and wisdom.
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The Tunnel and the Light
Essential Insights on Living and Dying
This is an engaging introduction to the beliefs, work, and life of psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who "declared war on the denial of death in America" (New York Times). Based on her more than 30 years experience with the dying, this book offers both challenge and hope.
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On Life After Death
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is the world's foremost expert on the subjects of death, dying, and the afterlife. This book collects for the first time four essays drawn from her years of "working with the dying and learning from them what life is all about," in-depth research on life after death, and her own feelings and opinions about this fascinating and controversial subject.
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On Death and Dying
What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
One of the most famous psychological studies of our time, this classic grew out of one of the author's interdisciplinary seminars on death. Sample interviews and conversations provide a better understanding of the effects which imminent death has on patients and their families.
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AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge
This book was written to: give support and comfort to the terminally ill, especially during the final stages of their life; to raise important social and moral questions for all; to advocate continued AIDS research; and to promote the further development of adequate care and support systems for those who suffer with this condition. Full of personal stories, with a particular focus on the plight of children and babies with AIDS, it is compassionate, insightful and challenging.
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On Children and Death
How Children and Their Parents Can and Do Cope With Death
Advice to families on how to live constructively and hopefully with terminally ill children, how to face the death and loss of loved ones, and how to raise and care for children so as to enable them to accept the powerful emotions associated with dying.
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