When someone you love receives a terminal diagnosis, the whole family is suddenly faced with a prolonged crisis. While medical advances have given us the gift of extending life, meaning that a loved one could survive months or even years before dying, it has also changed the way we grieve. Published in collaboration with Harvard Health Publications, Saying Goodbye guides you through this complex journey, offering hope and healing for those who may be “living with death” for an extended period of time.
Finding Hope in the Middle of Grief I have read many books related to the death and dying process and Saying Goodbye is one of the best on the subject. This book takes readers through the complex journey that most of us have or will endure, a journey best taken with capable guidance. Okun and Nowinski write with clarity and compassion, as well as a pragmatic approach to help readers navigate the overwhelming feelings and features surrounding terminal illness. Saying Goodbye brings hope in the darkest of times and I recommend it unequivocally.
Written for the lay person… who wants to know more about dealing with death. As the two authors, Barbara Okun and Joseph Nowinski, write in their excellent guide, “Saying Goodbye”, death these days is often a slower process as people are living longer and living with terminal disease. A lingering death of a loved-one gives the family and friends and the patient a chance to prepare for the inevitable. And preparing can be everything from emotional to physical to financial matters. Throughout the book, Okun and Nowinski use the voices of people going through the process which gives the reader a more casual feel than perhaps a text book on the subject might do. This book is written for the lay person and simple, easily digestible terms are used to make the subject of a loved one’s approaching death a little easier to deal with.Okun and Nowlinski redefine the Five Stages of Grief, as originally conceived by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her 1970 book, “On Death and Dying”. They bring it up-to-date, dealing…