Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life
“What do we all want, when we approach the inevitable? For a wise, hilarious, sensitive, and pragmatic nurse to sit at our bedside and tell us truths that are helpful, healing, and humane. Maggie Callanan is just that nurse, andFinal Journeysis exactly that truth-telling.”—Stephen P. Kiernan, author ofLast Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System“Maggie Callanan is one of the most experienced, smart and fierce hospice nurses I know. Her insights ring true, and her wise, confident voice is an invaluable companion through this unfamiliar and often frightening final journey.”—Ira Byock, M.D., Professor of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and author ofDying WellandThe Four Things That Matter Most“Filled with warmth, insight, compassion, and personal stories,Final Journeyswill prepare you for your own transition, and it is must reading for everyone who has relatives and loved ones who are aging, seriously ill, or dying.”—Bill Guggenheim, co-author ofHello from Heaven!