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Death Revisited: a fresh look at the process of dying Mar 29, 2008
By Leandra Vicci
The book, "Suffer Less in Death" by Vincent Dodd, R.N. is a must-read for anyone facing death, as we all eventually will. Perhaps even more so for close friends and family. Dodd speaks with compassion from his extensive professional experience in having helped literally thousands through the difficult process. His clinical, non-sectarian advocacy for the patient and loved ones is both sensitive and sensible, explaining the social and legal forces that urge the medical profession to inflict painful while futile procedures, violating the dignity of the dying. He explains what's necessary for the dying or the family to retain control of the process, as well as the emotional forces of fear and guilt that affect their decision making. This book affirms the preference for a natural death by those who abhor the alternative prospect of months or years of bedridden, dependent, painful life. It also provides a wealth of small but important hands-on tips about how to best care for both the dying and the family. While it does contain some graphically unsettling passages, it is richly informative, clear, and easily understood.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
great perspective Feb 28, 2008
By Michael Brewer
Vincent Dodd writes a fantastic book. I have gone through the loss of family members recently and it really helps to read this. This is a great book to give to someone who is going through a loss of their own.
A must read Dec 11, 2010
By lkp3401
This book is written in a matter-of-fact format and gives the reader much needed insight and information of how things happen in the health care system. It gives you the information you need to make informed decisions to take control for the death and dying of your loved ones. I highly recommend everyone read this book.
A compassionate guide Oct 20, 2009
By Nancy D. Wesson
"author: "Moving Your Aging Parents"
Vincent has written a compassionate and illuminating guide to help the rest of us navigate the uncertain path of helping someone die a better death or to make our own proactive choices. From his career as an ER Nurse with thousands of experiences with death to his caring for his own dying father, Vincent has provided valuable and insightful truths that most in the medical field will not share. Often, it is a matter of our not foisting well-meaning (but often painful and unproductive) intervention on someone who would rather die in peace and dignity, when death is inevitable. Information is power and Vincent has offered it in a non-judgmental manner, but always with truth and heart. A must read for everyone, because we will all have a brush with death, even if it is only our own.
Nancy Wesson, author: "Moving Your Aging Parents: Fulfilling Their Needs and Your Before, During and After the Move."
What is True Compassion? Apr 10, 2008
By Terri Mclain
After working in the health care field as a nurse for twenty-two years, I have often seen the general public lose the ability to make rational decisions about the care of their loved ones. The decisions about the process of death and dying. This was mostly due to emotional attachment and the unwilling act of letting go, guilt and the unfamiliar process of the health care systems. Death is inevitable, it is the "How" of death that we don't always know.
This compassionate, matter-of-fact book gives us insight and information of "How" it can happen within the health care system. It allows us to choose the "How" best for us and our loved ones. It gives back the control we have for our own death and the dying.
Get the book.....Get informed and take control!
I found this book compassionate. To give the harsh reality of what happens in the health care system to a person dying, is compassion. To allow one to dye with dignity is compassion.
Working along side of Vincent Dodd for many years, I can say he is one of the most compassionate nurses that I've met. Not only compassionate for the patient but also for the family.
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