Terminal Care category: 140 books
DEATH BY JOY
An Escorted Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
The true story of one woman’s choice to find joy in dying, and her unforgettable discoveries along the way.
DEATH BY JOY: An Escorted Journey is the companion book to James Cribb’s profoundly moving documentary film.
“This is an astonishing film which I think will set a precedent...
The Weeping Willow
Encounters With Grief
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Riveting in their emotional clarity and utterly jargon free, these 30 stories from real life penetrate how we grieve and how we can help those who grieve- whether the griever is oneself, someone we care about, or a client or patient. Lynne Dale Halamish, an internationally respected grief counselor...
by Pauline W. Chen
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
A brilliant transplant surgeon brings compassion and narrative drama to the fearful reality that every doctor must face: the inevitability of mortality.When Pauline Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives. What she could not predict was how much death would be a part of her work. Almost...
Communicating at the End of Life
Finding Magic in the Mundane
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication literature. Author Elissa Foster’s own experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver form the basis of the book. Communicating...
Modern Death
How Medicine Changed the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today’s modern age. Dr. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation about...
Hold On, Let Go
Facing ALS with courage and hope
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This “stay positive in difficult times” story is about a man with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and his wife who writes about their inspiring journey in her blog called ALS With Courage. In Hold On, Let Go, Nadine Sands expands on her blog, which takes her readers from pre-diagnosis...
Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Path to a Better Way of Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
In this visionary memoir, based on a groundbreaking New York Times Magazine story, award-winning journalist Katy Butler ponders her parents’ desires for “Good Deaths” and the forces within medicine that stood in the way.
Katy Butler was living thousands of miles from her vigorous and...
Moments Near Life's End
It's hard to say goodbye
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
We are all going to die some day. In this book I share experiences of others as they face the dying process. It is never easy, always sad. By hearing what others have gone through, hearing their stories, it helps us come to terms with what will happen to us and our loved ones. Reading some of the...
The Other Side of Sadness
What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
A renowned psychologist reveals the power of human resilience in dealing with grief and loss
The conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope to accept...
Summary & Study Guide - Into the Gray Zone
A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
The Borderland Between Life and Death
The must-read summary of “Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death” by Adrian Owen.
The “gray zone” is the twilight region between full consciousness and brain death. People with sustained brain injuries...
by D. Peter Birkett
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Get the vital clinical information you need with this comprehensive handbook!
In the decade since the first edition of this book, dramatic changes have taken place in the field of geriatric psychiatry. Psychiatry in the Nursing Home, Second Edition, presents timely information on the newest...
Waiting at the Gate
Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies, specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and communal welfare of residents in nursing homes.
Waiting...
The Littlest Caregiver
Excerpt From The Unfeeling Doctor, Unplugged
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
A doctor asked on Twitter, "What's one thing you wished you knew when you had to look after one of your own family members?"
I needed over 1000 words to respond, although my 140 character-answer is this: I wish I'd known better how to just sit still, or at least act normally, with...
The Last Waltz
Love, Death & Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
The Last Waltz, written by Sean Davison and edited by Elaine Feuer, is the true story of an extraordinary love between a terminally-ill mother and son, and how their informed decisions lead to unforeseen consequences: A sister betrays her brother; a son is...