Peace at last
Subtitle: stories of hope and healing for veterans and their families
By: Deborah L. Grassman ; foreword by Daniel R. Tobin
Publisher: Vandamere Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St. Petersburg, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780918339720
Subjects: Veterans' families; Hospice care; Hospice Care; Veterans; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Palliative Care; Treatment; Family Relations; Medical care; Military Psychology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Biography; Psychology
Description: In Peace at Last, Deborah Grassman, hospice nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs, takes the reader on a journey of understanding and growth. While caring for thousands of veterans in a hospice setting over a 25-year career in a VA hospital, she gathered the veterans stories of pain and redemption, personal awakening, and peace. Then she crafted these stories into an unforgettable book. Designed to help caregivers, family members, and veterans themselves understand the impact of war and military culture on lives and emotions, Peace at Last contains veterans stories, hospice experiences, and a series of appendices providing sample materials that can assist with healing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-249) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Rescuing the world from suffering; title: A reluctant witness; title: Grin and bear it; title: Wounds of war; title: "I was a soldier, I am a soldier, I will always be a soldier"; title: Farewell to arms: coming to peace; title: Muths, metaphors, and symbols: the language of the unconscious; title: The life I never anticipated; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: Tommy Bill's diary; title: Appendix B: Creating safe emotional spaces; title: Appendix C: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); title: Appendix D: Family and bereavement; title: Appendix E: rituals for use with PTSD; title: Appendix F: therapeutic rituals, a forum for reckoning with change; title: Appendix G: life review; title: Appendix H: resources.