Product Description: In gentle, compassionate language, The Needs of the Dying helps us through the last chapter of our lives. Author David Kessler has identified key areas of concern: the need to be treated as a living human being, the need for hope, the need to express emotions, the need to participate in care, the need for honesty, the need for spirituality, and the need to be free of physical pain. Examining the physical and emotional experiences of life-challenging illnesses, Kessler provides a vocabulary for communication with doctors, with hospital staff, and with each other, and-at a time when the right words are exceedingly difficult to find-he helps readers find a way to say good-bye. Using comforting and touching stories, including new accounts about Michael Landon and Anthony Perkins, he provides information to help us meet the needs of a loved one at this important time in our lives.
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Rating: - The Needs of the Dying, David Kessler
David Kessler's book, The Needs of the Dying, is written with honesty, compassion and humble insight. It is easy to read, understand and apply to your own life experiences. It allows us to see our own ... Read More
Rating: - A New Level of Understanding
I have begun to work in a hospital and I am trying to enter nursing school. Under these circumstances, I will encounter death constantly. Aside from professional reasons, I feel that I would like to come ... Read More
Rating: - Great help
This book did a great job of telling you what to expect when someone is dying, especially good at outlining what physical symptoms to look for. It is good to pair this book with "Final Gifts".
Rating: - Most will probably find this book useful but it left me annoyed.
First I want to say that there are a number of good points and areas of this book that will provide comfort to many. BUT for those who are well read on the subject of death and dying this book leaves a bit ... Read More
Rating: - The Needs of the Dying, and the living, too
This book thankfully arrived the week before my Mother died of fast moving Adult Leukemia (AML). She made the decision to enter hospice and was gone within a week.
- The Needs of the Dying, David Kessler
- Great help
- Most will probably find this book useful but it left me annoyed.