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Exploded Views eBook Series

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  • Men of Action

    by Howard Akler ...
    Series series Exploded Views
    After his father, Saul, undergoes brain surgery and slips into a coma, Howard Akler begins to reflect on Saul's life, the complicated texture of consciousness, and Akler's struggles with writing and his own unpredictable mind. With echoes of Paul Auster's The Invention of Solitude and Philip Roth's Patrimony, Men of Action treads the line between memoir and meditation, and is at once elegiac, ... Read more

    R150,06

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    A Scottish mystery from the author of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROMANTIC NOVELISTS' ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARDA gripping and poignant love story set in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands at the end of the Second World War, from the bestselling author of Water for Elephants.'The only fault I can find with this book is that I've already finished it' Jodi PicoultAfter disgracing themselves at a high s... ... Read more

    R224,24

  • Heaven Is Real

    Lessons on Earthly Joy--What Happened After 90 Minutes in Heaven

    by Don Piper, Cecil Murphey ...
    **So how should we spend our time on Earth? Don Piper, the Minister of Hope who spent 90 minutes in Heaven, brings us God's message.Hope for the here and now from the multimillion-selling author of 90 Minutes in Heaven.Millions believe in Heaven. Don Piper's been there. He was pronounced dead after a car accident on January 18, 1989. Ninety minutes later, Piper came back to life with an ... Read more

    R146,50

  • A Joosr Guide to... Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.More and more people are dying in nursing homes and ... Read more

    R43,23 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Principles and Practice of Grief Counseling, Second Edition

    by Howard R. Winokuer, PhD, Darcy L. Harris, PhD, RN, RSW, MEd(Couns), FT ...
    Praise for the First Edition:"The book is well-written, interesting, informative, thorough, and useful! As an educator for 43 years, this is the sort of text that I would be pleased to use in my classroom!....I would highly recommend this book! It is an important contribution to the field!"--Gerry R. Cox, PhD, Illness, Crisis and Loss**This core, introductory textbook for undergraduate and ... Read more

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  • Raised in Captivity

    by Nicky Silver ...
    With sharp comic turns and absurdist twists, Raised in Captivity explores the guilt, self-punishment, and redemption in the lives of two estranged and equally odd siblings when they reunite at the funeral of their mother--whose demise was caused by nothing less than an errant showerhead. ... Read more

    R272,31

  • A Sorrow Beyond Dreams

    by Peter Handke ...
    Translated by Ralph Manheim ...
    "My mother has been dead for almost seven weeks: I had better go to work before the need to write about her, which I felt so strongly at her funeral, dies away and I fall back into the dull speechlessness with which I reacted to the nerves of her suicide."So begins Peter Handke's extraordinary confrontation with his mother's death. In a painful and courageous attempt to deal with the almost ... Read more

    R169,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming Dead Right

    A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes

    by Frances Shani Parker ...
    All of us are entitled to the rewards of apeaceful, pain-free death. This book honors that with true storiesabout hospice patients and inspiring insights from theauthor. Becoming Dead Right guides us through thegeneral and "how to" information maze that preparesus for dealing with death.Improving and expanding hospice services willrequire systemic changes in healthcare institutionssoutreach to ... Read more

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  • Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement

    by Philip Cotterell, Jason Lim, Zemikael Habte-Mariam, Karen Newbigging, Jennie Fleming, Patsy Staddon, Victor Forrest, Colin Barnes, Louca-Mai Brady, Mandy Paine, Jennifer Taylor, Anita Wilkins, Helen Bowers, Beverley French, Maggie Brennan, Martin Hoban, Mick McKeown, Arne Kristiansen, Kath Browne, Leela Bakshi, Alastair Roy, Angela Sweeney ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement.This book provides an accessible account of the latest research findings regarding user involvement on three levels: the delivery and provision of services, practice and practitioners, and research and evaluation. It explores a wide ... Read more

    R594,42

  • Effective Grief and Bereavement Support

    The Role of Family, Friends, Colleagues, Schools and Support Professionals

    by Atle Dyregrov, Kari Dyregrov ...
    ` …a profoundly significant book on a topic rarely discussed and little researched, dealing with sudden or unexpected death. The authors have brought together the latest knowledge in the field, and explore how social networks and professionals working with the bereaved can help. This is an important book for all of us, who will sadly one day experience this... it is a must read for those in the ... Read more

    R636,86

  • Awareness of Dying

    by Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss ...
    Should patients be told they are dying? How do families react when one of their members is facing death? Who should reveal that death is imminent? How does hospital staff-doctors, nurses, and attendants-act toward the dying patient and his family? ... Read more

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  • Good Practices in Palliative Care

    A Psychosocial Perspective

    by David Oliviere, Rosalind Hargreaves ...
    A team of two practitioners in psychosocial palliative care and an academic have drawn together the work of twenty-eight highly experienced practitioners. Good Practices in Palliative Care : a psychosocial perspective provides detailed descriptions of innovatory practices and how they were developed, together with clear practice principles. This unique contribution to palliative care literature is ... Read more

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