Healing The Dying

Healing the Dying discusses the issues healthcare professionals need to consider when caring for someone who is approaching death. This practical yet compassionate guide focuses on the relationship between death and society throughout history, how to comfort the dying individual and how to help families deal with the loss of a loved one. Complete coverage of the physiology of death helps prepare caregivers for symptoms experienced by the dying. A chapter on care of the caregiver addresses the emotional stress that can result from caring for the dying and ways in which cope with this stress. Comprehensive in its scope, Healing the Dying integrates cultural and spiritual considerations into its framework and is based on current standards of care. · Real-life vignettes illustrate topics in an immediate manner · Updated reference and Web site lists direct users to additional information · Limited use of professional jargon makes this reference approachable by those outside the health care arena

Healing as relationship/sociology of death/goals for comfort in dying/pain mgmt/care of one who is frightened/families.

Provides the student and professional nurse with practical and compassionate guidance in the care of the dying patient. Updates address legal issues; cultural diversity; ethics; research concerning physiological and spiritual matters; and Web and other resources.

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Melody Olson, RN, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina. She has led a number of research efforts on near-death-experiences and therapeutic touch, and has led a number of seminars on both topics. She is an active member of the American Holistic Nurses Association and a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Holistic Nursing. She has published widely in both nursing and mutlidisciplinary journals. She is currently active in parish nurse education.