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Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died

Karen B. Kaplan

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Description:Unencumbered by religious agendas and pat answers,Encountering the Edge satisfies one's curiosity concerning what people believe in, shrug their shoulders at, laugh at, and most care about as they face Act 3,Scene 3, of their lives. Readers will join Hospice Chaplain Kaplan as she visits her patients and their family members, and share her sense of adventure and openness to the experience. The author also reveals the inner workings of a hospice agency from a chaplain’s viewpoint both on the road and in the office.Readers will encounter odd, poignant, revealing, and even amusing characters, such as a countercultural type who always greeted Kaplan with “Hey, doll!” and a World War Two veteran who beat the odds and left hospice to live well for over a year. Kaplan also illuminates what patients think will happen in the hereafter, as well as her own path and deeper motivations for entering this career. In the last chapter, Kaplan explores what it would be like to be a hospice patient herself, talking with a seasoned chaplain who gently lets her express her beliefs, regrets, sources of meaning, and hopes.Encountering the Edge centers on this forbidding topic with the aim of allowing readers to feel safe in facing this unknown territory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died. To get started finding Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 154

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pen-L Publishing

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1940222354

Description: Unencumbered by religious agendas and pat answers,Encountering the Edge satisfies one's curiosity concerning what people believe in, shrug their shoulders at, laugh at, and most care about as they face Act 3,Scene 3, of their lives. Readers will join Hospice Chaplain Kaplan as she visits her patients and their family members, and share her sense of adventure and openness to the experience. The author also reveals the inner workings of a hospice agency from a chaplain’s viewpoint both on the road and in the office.Readers will encounter odd, poignant, revealing, and even amusing characters, such as a countercultural type who always greeted Kaplan with “Hey, doll!” and a World War Two veteran who beat the odds and left hospice to live well for over a year. Kaplan also illuminates what patients think will happen in the hereafter, as well as her own path and deeper motivations for entering this career. In the last chapter, Kaplan explores what it would be like to be a hospice patient herself, talking with a seasoned chaplain who gently lets her express her beliefs, regrets, sources of meaning, and hopes.Encountering the Edge centers on this forbidding topic with the aim of allowing readers to feel safe in facing this unknown territory.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died. To get started finding Encountering the Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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