Einfühlsame Gespräche am Lebensende

This is a book that helps loved ones and the dying find words for the unspeakable.

Overcome your own uncertainty and fear! Medical journalist Anke Nolte spoke with dying people and their relatives, with doctors, palliative and hospice teams about death and dying. The words people found at the end of life, she wrote down in case studies. Much of what would remain unsaid due to helplessness is written in this book. It offers concrete support for the most difficult time in life.

From the point of view of relatives and also from the point of view of the sick:

• Arrange formal matters - living will, power of attorney for care and burial directive.
• Talking openly? Getting started, symbolic language and humor
• Talking about the past and feelings
• Facing fear and asking for help
• Expressing and responding to wishes and dying wishes
• Talking with doctors and care teams
• Talking about and deciding on patient rights and therapies.