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Recommended Books

" A Guide To End-Of-Life Care For Seniors " is available free of charge from the Secretariat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Please contact the Secretariat at 613- 957-1051, leave your name, mailing address, and number of copies that you require.

Self Help Series

• One-day-at-a-time Therapy  by Christine A. Adams, Abbey Press, 1990
• Keeping-up-your-spirts Therapy by Linda Allison Lewis, Abbey Press, 1991
• Living from Your Soul by Karen Katafiasz, Abbey Press, 1997
• Prayer Therapy by Keith McClellan, Abbey Press, 1990
• Peace Therapy by Carol Ann Morrow, Abbey Press, 1995
• Making-sense-out-of-suffering Therapy
  

Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan, Trade Paperback , Bantam Books Canada,

    Incorporated, February 1997

Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, this book shows readers how to help the dying person live fully to the very end. "A hopeful, helpful work . . . provides a gentle way to think about the unthinkable".--"Publishers Weekly"

How We Die by Sherwin Nuland, Trade Paperback · Published: January 1995

In an age when death occurs in sterile seclusion and is cloaked in euphemism and taboo, How We Die is a vital revelation. Clearly, frankly, yet compassionately, it tells us how most of us are likely to die--and in doing so, suggests how we may live more fully and meaningfully. Written by a distinguished surgeon, How We Die succeeds in restoring death to its ancient place in human existence.

In Memorium by Henry Nouwen, Trade Paperback, Ave Maria Press, October 1999

Noted spiritual writer, Henri J. M. Nouwen, wrote a brief reflection on the death of his mother solely for a small circle of family members and friends, but was persuaded to share it with a larger audience in this published version.

Healing Into Life and Death by Stephen Levine, Anchor Books, 1987

              A pioneer in the death & dying movement, in Healing Into Life and Death,

              Stephen Levine deals directly with the choice and application of treatment,

              offering original techniques for working with pain and grief, and discusses the

              development of a merciful awareness as a means of healing, as well as how

              to encourage others to do the same.

What Dying People Want by David Kuhl, M.D., Anchor Canada, 2002

              Facing death, and the fear and anxiety that arise from it, is part of the human

              experience. Though much has been done to address the physical pain

              suffered by those with a terminal illness, western medicine has been slow to

              understand and alleviate the psychological and spiritual distress that comes

              with the knowledge of death. In What Dying People Want, internationally

              renowned palliative care physician Dr. David Kuhl begins to bridge that gap.

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