- Hardcover: 204 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins (May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060187530
- ISBN-13: 978-0060187538
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,089,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Examining the physical and emotional experiences of death, and based on 17 principal rights of the dying - all of which help people to face death with dignity - this book shows how to maintain hope and find peace and comfort at one of life's most profound moments.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
a excellent guide to helping your loved one and/or yourself
5 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
With profound compassion and wonderful insight, Mr. Kessler teaches the livng and the dying how a person can make this transition as conscious and healing an experience as possible....I used this book with the recent passing of my own father and found it to be the greatest tool I had in helping my father as well as our whole family....what a blessing this man's work is....easy to read, easy to follow and very genuine and loving...Important conversations that before filled me with dread, I found flowed easily and now, I am so grateful that I had them.
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OUR RIGHTS AS WE FACE DEATH
16 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
David Kessler
The Rights of the Dying:
A Companion for Life's Final Moments
(New York: HarperCollins, 1997) 204 pages
(ISBN: 0-06-018753-0; hardcover)
(Library of Congress call number: BF789.D4K47 1997)
The owner of an in-your-home hospice care service
shares his philosophy and experiences of caring for the dying.
Dying persons should always be regarded as persons
--with all the rights of persons:
The right to keep hoping, to decide for themselves,
to be free of pain, to express their emotions;
the right to die, to peace, to dignity;
the right to have someone present when they die;
and the right to a decent burial.
Families should be allowed to participate in the death
as fully as they wish, including children.
There should be no rigid rules about how people must die.
This book provides another opportunity
for ordinary people to think about death
--one's own death and the deaths of others who are close to us.
It provides no new information, but it is a common-sense account
of the situations we will all face sooner or later.
If you would like to know about similar books,
search the Internet for the following precise phrase:
"Books on Terminal Care".
James Leonard Park, author of Your Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care.
The Rights of the Dying:
A Companion for Life's Final Moments
(New York: HarperCollins, 1997) 204 pages
(ISBN: 0-06-018753-0; hardcover)
(Library of Congress call number: BF789.D4K47 1997)
The owner of an in-your-home hospice care service
shares his philosophy and experiences of caring for the dying.
Dying persons should always be regarded as persons
--with all the rights of persons:
The right to keep hoping, to decide for themselves,
to be free of pain, to express their emotions;
the right to die, to peace, to dignity;
the right to have someone present when they die;
and the right to a decent burial.
Families should be allowed to participate in the death
as fully as they wish, including children.
There should be no rigid rules about how people must die.
This book provides another opportunity
for ordinary people to think about death
--one's own death and the deaths of others who are close to us.
It provides no new information, but it is a common-sense account
of the situations we will all face sooner or later.
If you would like to know about similar books,
search the Internet for the following precise phrase:
"Books on Terminal Care".
James Leonard Park, author of Your Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care.
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