A guide to healing relationships identifies four phrases-'I forgive you,' 'Please forgive me,' 'Thank you,' and 'I love you,'-which when applied according to the author's recommendations may be able to promote interpersonal harmony and recovery. 35,000 first printing.

A palliative care doctor argues that end-of-life practices have become a national crisis in America and outlines a plan for optimal end-of-life care that involves the contributions of compassionate doctors and nurses.

Product Description: This addition to the popular Pearls Series® presents 71 case presentations of clinical interest related to end-of-life and palliative care for both hospitalized patients and patients receiving home care. The patient vignettes highlight considerations of pain and symptom management at the end of life, ethical issues related to life-supportive care, and approaches to assisting patients and families with the difficulties that surround death and dying...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Bringing readers to the homes and bedsides of families with whom the author has worked, this book shows how to deal with doctors, talk to loved ones, and make the end of life as meaningful as the beginning. Reprint. PW.

Product Description: NonfictionLarge Print EditionOffers realistic yet compassionate answers to the hard questions asked by dying patients, their families, and a society unwilling to accept that all life eventually comes to an end. starred, Library JournalNobody should have to die in pain...read more