Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Callanan, Maggie. Title: Final gifts : understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying / Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012, ©1992. Description: 221 pages ; 22 cm 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. Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects. Terminally ill -- Psychology. Terminally ill -- Family relationships. Death -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies. Terminally ill -- Psychology -- Case studies. Terminally ill -- Family relationships -- Case studies. Case studies. Other Author: Kelley, Patricia, 1945- Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-221). Contents: "It's time to get in line" -- Nearing death awareness: an introduction -- Beginnings -- Reactions to death -- "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 ..." -- "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. LCCN: 2012392820 ISBN: 9781451667257 (trade pbk.) 1451667256 (trade pbk.) Other Number: 742509747 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 423448 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 155.937 Callanan Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
