A leader in the hospice-care movement presents a compassionate and honest guide for people confronting life-challenging illnesses and those who care for them, introducing seventeen rights that allow patients and their families to face death with dignity.

The Rights of the Dying: A Companion for Life's Final Moments

Self-Help

Kessler, David

Death & Grief

Harpercollins

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.

The Needs of the Dying: A Guide For Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter

Harper Paperbacks

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 family members and for the dying that allows them to communicate with doctors, with hospital staff, and with one another, 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, he provides information to help us meet the needs of a loved one at this important time in our lives.

The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Harper-perennial

The pinnacle of Sean Murphy's career as a revolutionary was the blowing up of a doctor and a three-year-old child in a busy shopping mall. But when he fled to New York and thwarted attempts to extradite him, he set in motion a chain of events that not even he could have anticipated.Now Murphy is dead, and a 23-year-old American medical student stands trial for his murder in a case which has become a cause celebre in the USA: the People of the State of New York versus Justine Levy. Against all advice, Justine insists on conducting her own defence, proceeding to alienate jurors and refusing to co-operate with Rick Parker, a young, inexperienced black lawyer whom the judge has appointed to act as standby counsel.In a case that polarises public opinion, some see Murphy's death as the execution of a terrorist while others see it as the murder of a freedom fighter. But was Justine a vigilante who acted as the avenging angel for society or was her motive more personal? As cracks begin to appear in the prosecution's case another question arises: did Justine, in fact, kill him at all?

Fool for a Client

Literature & Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton

A 23-year-old medical student stands trial for the murder of an IRA gunman in a case that has become a cause celebre in the USA. Justine Levy insists on conducting her own defence, alienates the jurors by asking awkward questions, and refuses to cooperate with Rick Parker, her appointed counsel. But have they all underestimated Justine—and why did she kill Sean Murphy? There are shocks and surprises in store before the bizarre truth is finally revealed.

A Fool for a Client

Contemporary

Outlines seven basic dietary guidelines that encompass how to select, use, and prepare foods for such conditions as asthma, fatigue, depression, and asthma, and lists drug interactions, foods to avoid, and prevention tips. Original.

The Doctor's Complete Guide to Healing Foods

Diets & Weight Loss

BERKLEY

Offers proven herbal remedies for such common conditions as headaches, anxiety, fatigue, and allergies, explaining how to select and prepare healing herbs and listing interactions and other safety information. Original.

The Doctor's Complete Guide to Healing Herbs

Alternative Medicine

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Muchos buscamos un "cierre" después de sufrir una pérdida.\nEn su nuevo e inspirador libro Encuentra el significado, David Kessler demuestra que encontrar el sentido detrás una pérdida puede transformar el dolor y convertirlo en una experiencia más serena y esperanzadora.\nEn 1969, Elisabeth Kübler Ross identificó por primera vez las cinco etapas del duelo –negación, ira, negociación, depresión y aceptación. Décadas más tarde, ella y David Kessler escribieron el clásico Sobre el duelo y el dolor, presentando las etapas del duelo con pragmatismo y compasión. Ahora, basado en experiencias personales, así como en el conocimiento y la sabiduría obtenidos a través de décadas de trabajo con personas afligidas, Kessler nos presenta una sexta etapa crítica: el significado.\nLa visión de Kessler es a la vez profesional e intensamente personal. Su experiencia con el dolor comenzó cuando, de niño, presenció un tiroteo masivo al mismo tiempo que su madre moría. Durante la mayor parte de su vida, Kessler enseñó a médicos, enfermeras, consejeros, policías y socorristas sobre el final de la vida, el trauma y el duelo, y también dirigió charlas y retiros para quienes experimentan situaciones de dolor. Sin embargo, a pesar de su conocimiento, su vida se vio trastocada por la repentina muerte de su hijo de veintiún años.\nEn Encuentra el significado, Kessler comparte las enseñanzas, la sabiduría colectiva y las poderosas herramientas que ayudarán a todo aquel quien haya experimentado una pérdida a seguir adelante sin dejar de honrar a sus seres queridos. Esta es una lectura inspiradora y profundamente perspicaz, y una guía vital para ayudarnos a recordar a aquellos que se han ido con más amor y menos dolor.\nENGLISH DESCRIPTION\nIn this groundbreaking and “poignant” (Los Angeles Times) book, David Kessler—praised for his work by Maria Shriver, Marianne Williamson, and Mother Teresa—journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning.\nIn 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion. Now, based on hard-earned personal experiences, as well as knowledge and wisdom gained through decades of work with the grieving, Kessler introduces a critical sixth stage: meaning.\nKessler’s insight is both professional and intensely personal. His journey with grief began when, as a child, he witnessed a mass shooting at the same time his mother was dying. For most of his life, Kessler taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about end of life, trauma, and grief, as well as leading talks and retreats for those experiencing grief. Despite his knowledge, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. How does the grief expert handle such a tragic loss? He knew he had to find a way through this unexpected, devastating loss, a way that would honor his son. That, ultimately, was the sixth stage of grief—meaning. In Finding Meaning, Kessler shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools that will help those experiencing loss.\n“Beautiful, tender, and wise” (Katy Butler, author of The Art of Dying Well), Finding Meaning is “an excellent addition to grief literature that helps pave the way for steps toward healing” (School Library Journal).

Encuentra el significado: La sexta etapa del duelo / Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief (Spanish Edition)

Vintage Espanol

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