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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

by Maggie Callanan

Listening to the needs of the dying

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Listening to the needs of the dying

Drawing on hospice nursing experience, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley bring together accounts of patients approaching the end of life. The book considers how people communicate needs and feelings during this period, and how their words and actions can carry meaning for those around them. Alongside these stories, it offers practical guidance on responding to requests and supporting emotional and spiritual preparation for death. The combination places caregiving and communication in the foreground, while also considering what the dying may leave with family and loved ones: expressions of wisdom, faith, and love.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Those supporting someone who is nearing the end of life
  • Readers seeking practical guidance on hospice caregiving and communication
  • People interested in accounts of grief, bereavement, and meaning at the end of life

Themes

End-of-life communicationHospice caregivingEmotional and spiritual preparationLove, faith, and wisdom

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Book overview

In this moving and compassionate classic, 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--now updated with new material from the authors.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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