In this moving and compassionate classicnow updated with new material from the authorshospice 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. Feb 19, 2011 author and hospice nurse, maggie callanan, has spent her professional career taking care of the terminally ill. May 16, 2019 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Five years after its first publication, with more than 150,000 copies in print, final gifts has become a classic. If youre looking for the original book, it is available from amazon. May 27, 2016 maggie callanan and patricia kellley, the authors of final gifts, are hospice nurses with years of experience in the care of dying patients. Final gifts mass market paperback march 1 1993 by patricia kelley author, maggie callanan author 4.
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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. 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. Maggie callanan, rn is a hospice nurse and the author of final gifts and final journeys books to guide you through end of life care of the terminally ill and listening for the gifts of symbolic communications in nearing death awareness. About final gifts the official site maggie callanan. I found an article online regarding this book, final gifts, during the time my sister was dying with colon cancer. In the course of their experience, they noticed that people close to death began to communicate their feelings and needs using metaphors and references to things in the past. The patients are giving us the gift of this very comforting, peaceful information, asking us to help them finish their unfinished business, so that they can get on. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Final gifts maggie callanan in this moving and compassionate classicnow updated with new material from the authorshospice 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. The theme of the book is the unique communications our dying loved ones share with us, the survivors, in their dying. She lectures widely to lay and professional audiences on death and dying, bereavement, and hospice care. Understanding the special awareness, needs and communications of the dying by maggie callanan and patricia kelley. Now the coauthor of the classic bestseller final gifts passes along the lessons she has learned from the expertsher patients.
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Final gifts is one of the most fascinating and important books ive ever read. An uncommon dialogue book i, book ii and book iii, the bestselling of the authors works. Lauras final gifts to joe were the realization that she was concerned about his welfare, that she was not alone in her dying and would be reunited with susan. Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying paperback february 14, 2012. Understanding the special awareness, needs goodreads. Final gifts by maggie callanan, patricia kelley 1997. Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying is a very personal account of two hospice nurses work with dying patients and their families. Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying reprint by callanan, maggie isbn. Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying paperback feb.
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