Dying: A Guide for Helping and CopingThorndike Press, 2000 - 288 pages Dying is both a guide to dealing with the deaths of loved ones and an exploration of facing one's own death. It is a book designed to amplify and challenge individual perceptions of the dying process and death itself, in order to allay fear and guide us toward a more loving and rewarding experience. It is also a practical book that focuses on bringing about honest and open communication between the dying patient and family and friends. Dr. Shepard deals with the challenging and painful aspects of beravement and the everday choices concerning pain alleviation, hospital stays alternative treatment, financial problems, funerals, and caring for their families are moving comforing and enlightening. |
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... SISTER Linda is a friend of mine , a twenty - four - year- old woman who teaches dance at a Montessori school . Small in stature , she is large in tempera- ment and has , in the past , presented herself to the world with a contentious ...
... SISTER Linda is a friend of mine , a twenty - four - year- old woman who teaches dance at a Montessori school . Small in stature , she is large in tempera- ment and has , in the past , presented herself to the world with a contentious ...
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... sister - in - law , " We should really get an ambulance . " My sister - in - law would say , " No ... Let's listen to the doctor . " I felt it would be selfish to trust my own intuitions . I should trust this doctor with twelve years of ...
... sister - in - law , " We should really get an ambulance . " My sister - in - law would say , " No ... Let's listen to the doctor . " I felt it would be selfish to trust my own intuitions . I should trust this doctor with twelve years of ...
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... sister died ? Why did she die ? " and I would tell them . That made me face up to it more as an everyday occurrence because they accepted it and didn't crack up when I told them she died . Right now I'm much more appreciative and less ...
... sister died ? Why did she die ? " and I would tell them . That made me face up to it more as an everyday occurrence because they accepted it and didn't crack up when I told them she died . Right now I'm much more appreciative and less ...
Table des matières
Someone You Love Is Dying | 11 |
Why Me? Why Anyone? Facing Death at 25 | 18 |
What Do You Tell a Dying Person? | 39 |
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