Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying

Five years after its first publication, with more than 150,000 copies in print, bFinal Gifts/b has become a classic. 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 than twenty years experience tending the terminally ill. brbrThrough their stories we come to appreciate the near-miraculous ways in which the dying communicate their needs, reveal their feelings, and even choreograph their own final moments; we also discover the gifts—of wisdom, faith, and love—that the dying leave for the living to share.brbrFilled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, bFinal Gifts/b shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.