terminal care

Offers practical advice on what individuals can do to achieve a peaceful death for themselves or for their loved ones, and describes both legal and medical rights.

Hospice nurse Maggie Callanan shares the lessons she has learned about how to offer comfort and care to loved ones in their final days.

A collection of six essays which celebrate the help of hospice workers at the end of an individual's life.

Contains Buddhist-inspired teachings and meditations designed to provide wisdom and strength to people who are facing death, caregivers, and/or those interested in exploring the dying process.

A guide for individuals facing the end of life that discusses common concerns such as emotional and spiritual issues, addressing conflict and unresolved issues, adapting to a changing appetite, managing pain medications, and the service and therapies offered by hospice care.

Explains the philosophy behind hospice care, looks at how hospice care has changed, and explores issues, administration, and costs associated with hospice care.

Provides basic consumer health information about end-of-life care and related issues, and includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.

Offers information designed to help people living with a serious chronic illness which will eventually cause death, providing insight into how a person might think about the last phase of life, and discussing practical issues such as planning, handling symptoms, stopping treatments, and others.

Argues that dying patients and their families have unique and equally valid ways of spending the final moments before death, and describes various ways in which people spend their last days, offering options for those facing this decision.