- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Bantam; Auflage: BANTAM TRADE PB. (3. Februar 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0553378767
- ISBN-13: 978-0553378764
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 1,8 x 21 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (19 Kundenrezensionen)
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Impressive insights into the experience of dying, offered by two hospice nurses with a gift for listening. The ``final gifts'' of the title are the comfort and enlightenment offered by the dying to those attending them, and in return, the peace and reassurance offered to the dying by those who hear their needs. Callanan and Kelley describe a phenomenon they term ``Nearing Death Awareness''--which resembles somewhat the near-death experience sometimes reported by individuals revived after being clinically dead. Nearing Death Awareness, however, develops slowly, and the dying person seemingly drifts for a time between two worlds. Attempts by the dying to communicate about this awareness, often expressed in symbolic language or gestures, may be misunderstood by those around them, who dismiss the expressions as mere ``confusion.'' According to the authors, dying messages fall into two categories: descriptions of what they are experiencing (such as the places they see, the presence of others no longer alive, or their knowledge of when death will occur) and requests for what the dying need for a peaceful death (a reconciliation, for instance, or the removal of some barrier to departure). To illustrate, Callanan and Kelley include numerous examples of Nearing Death Awareness from their years of caring for the dying. And they offer practical advice not only to involved family members but also to professional caregivers on how to recognize, understand, and respond to a dying person's messages. No lugubriousness or false cheerfulness here, but acute observations and astute advice on a difficult topic. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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“A treasure–clear, authentic, responsible, and profoundly moving.” —Sandol Stoddard, author of The Hospice Movement
“Beautifully written, illuminating and reassuring…Final Gifts is truly a gift to us all.” —Judy Tatelbaum, author of The Courage to Grieve
“These richly told stories enable us to respond to the dying in new and authentic ways.” —Ira R. Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life
“Impressive insights into the experience of dying, offered by two hospice nurses with a gift for listening…They offer practical advice not only to involved family members but also to professional caregivers on how to recognize, understand, and respond to a dying person’s messages.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A hopeful, helpful work…provides a gentle way to think about the unthinkable.”—Publishers Weekly
“A treasure…‘must’ reading for anyone working with the dying, or living with a dying person or life-threatening illness, or thinking about the process.”—Vital Signs
“Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley have garnered a wisdom and sensitivity, and cultivated a keen observation that only the dying could teach.”—Sunrise
“Insightful. Final Gifts is a significant contribution. Experienced hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley shed important light on human experience at the end of life. I highly recommend this helpful book to all who care for the dying.”—Dr. Balfour Mount, Professor of Palliative Medicine, McGill University
“Irrespective of belief system, age or diagnosis of the dying person, Final Gifts conveys the awe and profundity of the moments surrounding death that we all feel.” —Madalon Amenta, R.N., M.D., Public Health Editor of The Hospice Journal
“Beautifully written, illuminating and reassuring…Final Gifts is truly a gift to us all.” —Judy Tatelbaum, author of The Courage to Grieve
“These richly told stories enable us to respond to the dying in new and authentic ways.” —Ira R. Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life
“Impressive insights into the experience of dying, offered by two hospice nurses with a gift for listening…They offer practical advice not only to involved family members but also to professional caregivers on how to recognize, understand, and respond to a dying person’s messages.” —Kirkus Reviews
“A hopeful, helpful work…provides a gentle way to think about the unthinkable.”—Publishers Weekly
“A treasure…‘must’ reading for anyone working with the dying, or living with a dying person or life-threatening illness, or thinking about the process.”—Vital Signs
“Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley have garnered a wisdom and sensitivity, and cultivated a keen observation that only the dying could teach.”—Sunrise
“Insightful. Final Gifts is a significant contribution. Experienced hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley shed important light on human experience at the end of life. I highly recommend this helpful book to all who care for the dying.”—Dr. Balfour Mount, Professor of Palliative Medicine, McGill University
“Irrespective of belief system, age or diagnosis of the dying person, Final Gifts conveys the awe and profundity of the moments surrounding death that we all feel.” —Madalon Amenta, R.N., M.D., Public Health Editor of The Hospice Journal
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Anyone who has been or could be a caregiver could benefit from this special book that sensitively presents difficult information without emotion. The concept of palliative care is one that needs to be fully understood by the general public as a right that they can and should anticipate from the health care field.
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....read this book!
Over the past few years, when faced with the information that someone I'd known was dying, I did - nothing. Retreating, I was terrified of my own mortality and of what I might do if I were around someone who was dying. Would I say the wrong thing or nothing at all? Would I cry, or do something to inadvertently hurt them? What is dying like? This book is great as a comforting instruction manual on what happens, what to do, and what not to do.
It begins with information about what happens to the body when it is in the process of dying, then moves into experiences the authors have had in dealing with people who are dying, or whose loved ones are dying. They have helpful information throughout the book for those, like me, who were unsure about what to say or do.
They include individual stories about messages people send when they are approaching death and how not to miss them; seeing people who have already died and what that may mean; symbolic dreams and how to let the dreamer find the meaning; choosing a time to die (not by suicide); waiting for a person to arrive or an event to happen.
Family and friends often ignore this precious information. It seems illogical, far out, too much like stories about abduction by aliens. We brush them off as hallucinations, caused by denial or possibly drug-induced.
When I first heard volunteers, nurses and others who work in hospice tell stories of people who have similar Nearing Death Experiences (not to be confused with "Near Death Experiences"), I was dubious. However, in my readings and hospice volunteer work, I find that these stories are universal, timeless and not as new age-y as I'd thought. We've been ignoring these wonderfully soothing stories of how people die, because for years we've moved birthing and dying out of the family and into hospitals. We are beginning to move them back.
If you've lost a loved one, are dealing with someone who is dying (yourself or someone else), if you avoid visiting friends who are dying or if you're struggling with your own awareness that someday you will die, please read this book. It will put your mind at ease.
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Authentic, luminous & responsive stories &understandings of the special awareness, needs & communications ofthose at the edge of life, those nearing their dying & their loved ones. As we stood watch as our Poppa was ending his earthly days, we found this book profoundly moving, deeply calming & clearly compassionate. Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley have sewn together a quilt of tender, often troubled deathbed experiences where the hints for redemption, for reconciliation, for courage can be recognized. We found Final Gifts repeatedly useful & life changing ...
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DEATH CONTAINS ME
"Death contains me as my skin contains me. Without it, I am not what I am" -- these revealing words by a great thinker may serve as an introduction to this insightful... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Juni 2000 von Hermes Trismegistus
Comforting and Healing
FINAL GIFTS is one of the most heartfelt and inspirational books I have ever read. The stories in this book lead the reader into insight. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. März 2000 von Samuel Lee Oliver
A Wonderful Release
I was lucky: a friend, a hospice volunteer, gave me a copy of this book during the last six months of my father's life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Dezember 1999 von Bette O
A MUST READ - BEFORE OR AS IT HAPPENS
My mother died of ovarian cancer at age 62 in June '98 after 8 long years of fighting. One of the hospice nurses recommended this book before she went into hospice care. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 1999 von Lisa Wagner Fields
A must read for family and friends of a dying loved one
My mother was diagnosed with a rare and untreatable form of cancer in September of 1998 and died just ten weeks later. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
"Incredibly accurate" and comforting
In February of 1998 I lost my mother to Lukemia. I was with her to the very last moment of her life. One of her nurses suggested this book after she had died. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. September 1999 von Joe Burger (Jobang55@aol.com)
An uplifting book full of hope for those left behind
When my family brought hospice in to care for my mother, Maggie Callanan was our hospice nurse. Through her, we were able to help our mother die with dignity and grace. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
This book changed my life.
My father was diagnosed 4 years ago with colon cancer. He endured several operations, many chemotherapy treatments and although he fought to live, he was told in December 98 he... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Mai 1999 von kevans@crocker.com Kelle Quist
An absolute must have to cope w/trying to understand....
In the fall of 1994, a friend gave this to me when my dad was dying of kidney cancer. I had researched the medical aspects of how his disease progressed and what could/could not... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A strongly recommended resource
Final Gift offers comfort to caregivers of dying family members. I wish I had had it when my husband was dying, but it has helped me to read it even after his death.
Am 7. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
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