At Home with Dying

A great book, offering practical and real world advice for dealing with a family member who is sick or dying. A must have.

this was an incredible book. if you or a family member is suffering this sould be the first place to look. the book helps you in many ways. not only does it explain the history of hospice it also helps to explain what is going on with your sick loved one and how you can do certain things to cope with the situation you family is in. it can help you and your family better deal with the tragety you are surely facing

Our culture doesn't often allow spiritual practitioners to feel that their work has a social value, or that there is a kind of social work that has true transformative potential. This book helps me, a zen monk, come to a resolution about the kind of work one can do in the world which allows for transformative and deepening of the practice at the same time. The book gives anecdotes, facts and figures, and advice to any interested in the field of hospice. It is a real handbook for the unusual circumstances (unusual because death is such a difficult theme in our culture) which the hospice volenteer many encounter, and after reading the material carefully one feels much more equiped to accept the challenges and enjoy the transformative power of such work. The language is bright and clear, and the only drawback may be the lack of sympathy the author shows to modern medical professionals who have for so long orchestrated the dying process to suit their own needs. It may be quite hard to read for such people, but we should hope they have the stomach for it. Gratitude to the author.