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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-13 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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Winner of the 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the Hospice and Palliative Care category In the 1960s, English physician and comm
The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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Few issues apply universally to people as poignantly as death and dying. All religions address concerns with death from the handling of human remains, to defini
Final Gifts
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Pages: 218
Authors: Maggie Callanan
Categories: Self-Help
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In this moving and compassionate classic—now updated with new material from the authors—hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intim
Approaching Death
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Authors: Committee on Care at the End of Life
Categories: Medical
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When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suff
Paging God
Language: en
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Authors: Wendy Cadge
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-18 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals.