The Needs of the Dying : A Guide For Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter

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Summary: A Godsend.
Review: As a baby boomer, I have more and more friends dealing with their own illnesses or with the terminal illnesses of their friends and parents. I have ordered a stock of Mr. Kessler's book to give to them. It offers helpful advice on how to communicate in a compassionate and loving way--whether you are suffering from your own illness and trying to find a way to talk about it or trying to talk to dying friends or family. It is extraordinarily difficult to know how to approach the subject of dying--this book is a godsend.

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Summary: A GREAT BOOK IF A LOVED ONE IS DYING
Review: I bought this book because my mother is dying and I needed to know more. Kessler has a wonderful way of delivering this knowledge. He is thorough in imparting this knowledge and does so with total compassion for the dying and the living. I underscored many passages in this work and especially appreciated someone telling me (chapter 8) what can I expect in the way of physical signs as mom goes through the dying process. This book is very user friendly having a very readable quality. I strongly recommend it!

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Summary: A GREAT BOOK IF A LOVED ONE IS DYING
Review: I bought this book because my mother is dying and I needed to know more. Kessler has a wonderful way of delivering this knowledge. He is thorough in imparting this knowledge and does so with total compassion for the dying and the living. I underscored many passages in this work and especially appreciated someone telling me (chapter 8) what can I expect in the way of physical signs as mom goes through the dying process. This book is very user friendly having a very readable quality. I strongly recommend it!

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Summary: a guide in life's final chapter
Review: I bought this book when my Dad was entering into the final few months of his life and I wanted to go through this final chapter of his life with him in a meaningful way. David Kessler provides information on the needs of the dying in a kind, compassionate and truthful way. I find knowledge to be comforting and grounding. If you do also, this book will be a special gift to yourself.

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Summary: This book was a wonderful gift
Review: I bought this book when my Dad was entering into the final few months of his life and I wanted to go through this final chapter of his life with him in a meaningful way. David Kessler provides information on the needs of the dying in a kind, compassionate and truthful way. I find knowledge to be comforting and grounding. If you do also, this book will be a special gift to yourself.

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Summary: a guide in life's final chapter
Review: The Needs of the Dying addresses the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill. It is an easy to read guide that examines what the dying need for a peaceful death. This book is appropriate for family and friends of the dying. It expresses what the dying would want us to understand about their journey but could not tell us.

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Summary: a excellent guide to helping your loved one and/or yourself
Review: 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.