Peaceful Passages: A Hospice Nurse's Stories of Dying Well

Joy is a word rarely associated with death. Yet joy is ultimately the effect in this collection of stories about Janet Wehr's experiences in witnessing the death of her patients during her fifteen years as a hospice nurse. Her first—hand account gives illuminating and comforting insight into the spiritual aspect of what occurs in the transition between life and death, highlighting the importance of the mind—body—spirit connection as it manifests in the dying process. It also gives a candid ...