As professionals working in end-of-life care, awareness of our emotional responses to the
people with whom we work is critical for good diagnosis, treatment, and service delivery …

As helping professionals working in end-of-life care, we are deeply affected by loss in our
personal as well as professional lives. In fact, many of us have chosen to work in end-of-life …

When the authors invited their contributing authors to write about their experiences and the
subtle ways in which they can get" hooked" when providing palliative and end-of-life care …

When Professionals Weep speaks to the humbling and often transformational moments that
clinicians experience in their careers as caregivers and healers—moments when it is often …

The paid provision of care for dying persons and their families blends commodified emotion
work and attachments to two often-conflicting role identities: the caring person and the …

Care of the terminally ill and dying in the hospice setting is a growing practice field for social
workers. Support to family, as well as the patient, is implicit in hospice care, adding to the …

Whether we are psychologists, nurses, physicians, hospice volunteers, consultants, or other
healing professionals, there will be times when we get “hooked” by a lack of self-awareness …

Clinicians experience times when personal and professional relationships may seem
blurred. The effective home care or hospice professional is vigilant about being aware of this …

" Occasionally I read a book and say to myself that this is a book that I wished I had written.
This is such a book! It is a delightful, practical, interesting, and inspiring book! Danai has …

summary As we live longer and die slower and differently than our ancestors, we have come
to rely more and more on end-of-life caregivers. These workers navigate a changing …