Can I read Coming Home : a Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity on EtoBox?

Coming Home : a Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity by Duda, Deborah is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Coming Home : a Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity about?

This book is a synthesis of Duda’s psychological and spiritual understandings and the basic information on physical care needed to support someone who lives at home during the terminal stages of his or her life. It includes things to keep in mind when a loved one is deciding where to die, and, if home is the choice, what you can do about family morale, pacing yourself, pain relief, interacting with doctors, giving injections, and taking care of your feelings, as well as a multitude of other relevant topics. Although the book is directed principally to the family and friends of the dying person, much of it can be shared with the dying person as well. This book is about acknowledging our fears about dying and, at the same time, moving through them toward greater love, joy, and freedom as we experience dying. As Duda writes, “The book originated after I met Mother Teresa in Calcutta when I was very afraid of death. I expected dying and death to be horrible experiences and found them instead to be profoundly healing and uplifting.” Starting with sharing her four experiences with two very close friends and both her parents dying at home, Duda then discusses the advantages of dying at ho

Author

Duda, Deborah

Publisher

Aurora Press, Incorporated

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780943358314

Subjects

Home & Lifestyle, Medical, Lifestyle