Bibliograph

Farewell, vital end-of-life questions with candid answers from a leading palliative and hospice physician, Edward Creagan, Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Medical School ; with Sandra Wendel

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Farewell, vital end-of-life questions with candid answers from a leading palliative and hospice physician, Edward Creagan, Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Medical School ; with Sandra Wendel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Farewell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1056624327

Responsibility statement

Edward Creagan, Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Medical School ; with Sandra Wendel

Sub title

vital end-of-life questions with candid answers from a leading palliative and hospice physician

Summary

How long am I going to live? Who will be with me when I die? Will my family forgive me? Will I have pain?--are among the 31 vital end-of-life questions patients and their families ask. This book is about navigating those last days, at the bedside, and saying farewell with hope, love, and compassion. Dr. Edward Creagan provides the reassuring answers patients and families deserve. He has dedicated his life to death. For over forty winters at the Mayo Clinic he has been at the bedside with more than 40,000 patient encounters in the last stages of their lives on this earth. Held the hands of family members. Prayed with them. Listened

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