The Final Journey
by Susan Pattinson
Complete Hospice Care For Departing Vaishnavas
Drawing upon the author’s extensive experience as a registered nurse specializing in hospice and palliative care, this book includes topics such as:
- History of hospice care and present day practices and protocol
- Allopathic and alternative options for decreasing pain and other disease symptoms
- Emotional stages of the dying patient and how to assist
- Caring for the patient, as well as the family members
- How to become a better caregiver by becoming a better listener
- Practical considerations and a “Back-to-Basics” approach to increasing one’s comfort
- Compassionate care and how to increase one’s communication with the dying patient
- How to recognize spiritual pain and how you can help
- Respect for one’s spiritual desires and convictions
And much more…
The Final Journey is an excellent, user-friendly resource for anyone who is providing care to a terminally ill loved one. It is the only book of its kind to address the specific needs of a dying Vaishnava. However, since the printing of the first edition in 2001, The Final Journey has proven to assist those who hold other spiritual values and beliefs as well. It offers the caregiver practical ways to provide “quality of life” to anyone preparing to pass away from this world.
2nd edition; updated and revised (52 additional pages).
ISBN: | 1-887089-37-3 |
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Pages | 200 |
Reviewed by: Giriraj Swami
Reviewed by: Robert Charles Powell
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Past Member
COMISS Commission on Accreditation of Pastoral Services
Reviewed by: Jayadvaita Swami
Reviewed by: Gopaswami Das
Reviewed by: Brian O’Dea
Reviewed by: Srutakirti Das
Reviewed by: Dr. Thiruvalam P. Indira
Reviewed by: Dharini Dasi
Reviewed by: Sarah Caner Schofield Ph.D
Former Director of Volunteers, Albert Einstein Medical Center Hospice