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Maggie callanan and patricia kellley, the authors of final gifts, are hospice nurses with years of experience in the care of dying patients. In this moving and compassionate book, hospice nurses maggie callanan and patricia kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at. Recommended to me by a dear friend, final gifts was a book that helped her to understand what her. Hospice foundation ofamerica a caregivers guide to the dying process 1 to the dying process dying is not primarily a medical condition, but a personally experienced, lived condition. The final gifts of the title are the comfort and enlightenment offered by the dying to those attending them, and in return, the peace and reassurance offered to the dying by those who hear their needs. Final gifts is one of the most fascinating and important books ive ever read. Final gifts book by maggie callanan, patricia kelley official. Final gifts is the best and most practical book ive ever read. In this moving and compassionate classicnow updated with new material from the authorshospice nurses maggie callanan and patricia kelley share their. Our fairview hospice staff, who conceived the very idea for this book, gave unselfishly of their time to convey the essence of our message to the writer.
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