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Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley - Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
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Average Rating: Excellent
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2012
Pros: Hospice Care, Dying Experiences Shared, Hope, Sadness
Cons: Not quite as detailed or as funny as Dr. Kubler Ross's works
Summary: I wish I had read Final Gifts, by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley, before I had discovered Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. She is my favorite author and expert on death, and while she passed away a few years ago, her legacy lives on through her ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 8, 2001
Pros: Insightful descriptions of experiences as people near death.
Cons: None
Summary: I have to admit that I'm very afraid of what's ahead for me. As I see my father's memory get worse and more symptoms of the brain cancer appearing on a daily basis... I am worried about what's yet to come. I don't want my father to suffer. I worry ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 8, 2001
Pros: Essential information on saying goodbye to life and loved ones; clear presentation; excellent examples
Cons: Focuses almost exclusively on longer dying experiences. Not applicable in every circumstance.
Summary: There are days we live
as if death were nowhere
in the background; from joy
to joy to joy, from wing to wing,
from blossom to blossom to
impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom
From Blossoms, in ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2000
Pros: easy to read, good study and learning tool
Cons: deals with subject matter many find uncomfortable
Summary: This is an excellent reference book for someone who is beginning a career in Hospice as it is written by nurses who have cared for all types of patients in their final stage of life. The authors share their insights gleaned from numerous meetings with ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780553378764. ISBN10: 0553378767. by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 93
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