End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets
The End of Life Guideline Series is a compilation of Barbara Karnes’ five books on the end of life. When you or someone you know is faced with having a disease that may not be treatable, life changes instantly. At such a time people enter a phase of life for which they often have no preparation. End of Life Guideline Series informs people on how to live with a life-threatening illness, what to expect when someone is dying, what to do to help, managing pain, how to address the fear of death and dying and how to grieve.   The series includes the following books. 1. A Time to Live: Living with a Life Threatening Illness 2. Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience 3. The Eleventh Hour: A Caring Guideline For the Hours to Minutes Before Death 4. Pain at End of Life: What You Need to Know About End of Life Comfort and Pain Management 5. My Friend, I Care: The Grief Experience The goal of this series is to neutralize some of the fear that an unpredictable future may bring. Knowledge of the dying process and its natural and normal unfolding can help create a meaningful and comforting experience as a loved one journeys from life. It is written in a simple, gentle voice. It is a short and valuable read.  Following a death, we often have questions about the disease progression and concerned memories. The End of Life Guideline Series prepares its readers for the natural, normal process of dying and grief. You can find comfort in these books on end of life even years after the death of a loved one.