And the Dead Call the Dying
Title | And the Dead Call the Dying PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Kreizman |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2001-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0595205100 |
Ellen Ryder, a secretary, employed by the City of Philadelphia, was brutally murdered outside her home. Detectives Daniel Kane and Karl Becker are assigned the case. There are no witnesses. This begins the most horrific case the two detectives and the City of Philadelphia have ever seen. Detective Daniel Kane meets Susan Shaffer, a student working towards her Ph.D., who helps Daniel and awakens buried feelings of longing and love. A second murder is committed with the same M.O. Detectives Kane and Becker begin to share their worst fear --- a cold-blooded serial killer.
Dying to Call You
Title | Dying to Call You PDF eBook |
Author | Elaine Viets |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780451213327 |
When telemarketer Helen Hawthorne overhears an argument followed by a scream one night while conducting a phone survey, she chases clues and tries to avoid the killer.
Beyond the Veil
Title | Beyond the Veil PDF eBook |
Author | Aubrey Thamann |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2021-05-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1800730659 |
Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in this collection recognize their inherent connection with death which allows for a new and more personal form of study. More broadly, this collection suggests a new paradigm in the study of death and dying.
Final Gifts
Title | Final Gifts PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie Callanan |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2012-02-14 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 1451677294 |
In this moving and compassionate classic—now updated with new material from the authors—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. Through 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. Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, Final Gifts shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.
The Good Death
Title | The Good Death PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Neumann |
Publisher | Beacon Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0807076996 |
Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. When Ann Neumann’s father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she left her job and moved back to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She became his full-time caregiver—cooking, cleaning, and administering medications. When her father died, she was undone by the experience, by grief and the visceral quality of dying. Neumann struggled to put her life back in order and found herself haunted by a question: Was her father’s death a good death? The way we talk about dying and the way we actually die are two very different things, she discovered, and many of us are shielded from what death actually looks like. To gain a better understanding, Neumann became a hospice volunteer and set out to discover what a good death is today. She attended conferences, academic lectures, and grief sessions in church basements. She went to Montana to talk with the attorney who successfully argued for the legalization of aid in dying, and to Scranton, Pennsylvania, to listen to “pro-life” groups who believe the removal of feeding tubes from some patients is tantamount to murder. Above all, she listened to the stories of those who were close to death. What Neumann found is that death in contemporary America is much more complicated than we think. Medical technologies and increased life expectancies have changed the very definition of medical death. And although death is our common fate, it is also a divisive issue that we all experience differently. What constitutes a good death is unique to each of us, depending on our age, race, economic status, culture, and beliefs. What’s more, differing concepts of choice, autonomy, and consent make death a contested landscape, governed by social, medical, legal, and religious systems. In these pages, Neumann brings us intimate portraits of the nurses, patients, bishops, bioethicists, and activists who are shaping the way we die. The Good Death presents a fearless examination of how we approach death, and how those of us close to dying loved ones live in death’s wake.
The Final Act of Living
Title | The Final Act of Living PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Karnes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Death |
ISBN | 9781737056805 |
In this full length book with a new preface added, Barbara Karnes shares her insights and experiences gathered over decades of working with people during their final act of living. For both professionals and lay people, this book weaves personal stories with practical care guidelines, including: living with a life threatening illness, signs of the dying process, the stages of grief, living wills, and other end of life issues. The Final Act of Living: Reflections of a Long-Time Hospice Nurse is an end of life book; a resource that reads like a novel, yet has the content of a textbook.Barbara wrote this book following years of being a hospice nurse at the bedside of hundreds of people in the months to moments before death. From the stories and experiences she shares, you will see that death doesn't just happen, there is an unfolding; there is a process to dying. The Final Act of Living is used as:*A resource on end of life for palliative care nurses*A training handbook for hospice nurses and volunteers*A reference book for anyone working with end of life issues: Lay ministers, social workers, counselors, nurses, chaplains*An easy read for anyone interested in dying and grief*A text book in college and university classes, CNA training, social work and LPN/RN classesThis material may be described as an "end of life book" however, as the title states, its content and philosophy is all about The Final Act of Living.
Good Grief
Title | Good Grief PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Caputo |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2017-03-14 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1501139088 |
The star of "Long Island Medium" shares inspiring, spirit-based lessons on how to work through and overcome grief, in a guide that also offers example testimonies about the experiences of her clients