Dying Declarations : Notes from a Hospice Volunteer

ISBN-13: 9780789025449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 83 str.

David B. Resnick

Opis

Death is inevitable in life. It knows no boundaries. It knows no skin color, no financial or social standing. It knows nothing but itself. The paradox of Dying Declarations: Notes from a Hospice Volunteer is in its warm affirmation of life through the 'dying declarations' of patients who are peering into the cold face of death. The author reveals personal experiences about life, death, and the courage to strip away the unimportant aspects of life to make way for a clearer understanding on just what is truly important. Simple, moving stories invigorate and spark insights--while discussing all aspects of hospice volunteering.

Spis treści

• Preface
  
• Chapter 1. Hospice Training
  
• Chapter 2. We Need to Get Some Wood in Before Winter
  
• Chapter 3. One M&M at a Time
  
• Chapter 4. See the World While You Can
  
• Chapter 5. I Have a Dream
  
• Chapter 6. I Can Fix It
  
• Chapter 7. Piggly Wiggly Has the Best Service
  
• Chapter 8. Give Yourself Some Living Room
  
• Chapter 9. Plant a Garden
  
• Chapter 10. I Need to Go to Church
  
• Chapter 11. I Knew You Were Okay When I Saw You Pull up in a Ford Truck
  
• Chapter 12. You Don’t Know All the Bad Things I’ve Done
  
• Chapter 13. He Was a Helluva Ballplayer
  
• Chapter 14. Euthanasia
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

David B. Resnik