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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying Maggie Callanan
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Callanan and Kelley talk about the special consciousness -- what they call "Nearing Death Awareness" - - that is common among people who die from a prolonged illness or chronic condition (as opposed to dying in an . It's a gift for caregivers, as well, because it grants them a more profound understanding of their dying loved one and of their own mortality. By Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. The concept of “nearing death awareness” (p. Nearing-death awareness (NDA), introduced in 1992 by two hospice nurses, Maggie Callanan and Margaret Kelly, in their book, Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. The book is written by 2 hospic nurses: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying, by Maggie Calanan and Patricia Kelley. I've been writing for a while so use the index below to find what you need. What we perceive as confusion often is unique and symbolic communication, according to Maggie Callanan, RN, co-author of “Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communication of the Dying.”. Finally (and probably most importantly), the basic ways in which the dying often attempt to communicate (preparing for travel, the presence of “others,” seeing a place, needing reconciliation, being held back, non-verbal communications and dreams) provided a rubric for the sometimes confusing things that are said and done near death. So I totally agree with what the article on the importance of last minute communication to ease the way. A few books I recently started and which you might be interested in are: Final Gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs. Announced yesterday, “I am dying. Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying.