Ira Byock

The Four Things That Matter Most

A Book about Living

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Motivational teaching about what really matters reminds us how we can honour each relationship every day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Reissue
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781476748535
• ISBN-10: 1476748535
• Artikelnr.: 40038068

Autorenporträt

Ira Byock, M.D., is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. He is past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and directed the national Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Byock is a professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Part One: The Four Things
Chapter 1: Saying the Four Things
Chapter 2: The Healing Power of Words
Chapter 3: Completing Relationships
Chapter 4: Transformations
Part Two: Forgiveness
Chapter 5: Loved Ones Live On Inside Us
Chapter 6: Resolving a Legacy of Pain
Chapter 7: The Emotional Economics of Forgiveness
Chapter 8: Extreme Acts of Forgiveness
Chapter 9: Forgiving Yourself
Chapter 10: Living with Uncertainty and Illness
Part Three: Thank You
Chapter 11: Practicing Gratitude
Chapter 12: The Unexpected Grace of Reconnection
Chapter 13: The Family Dynamics of Gratitude
Part Four: I Love You
Chapter 14: Creative Ways of Saying the Four Things
Chapter 15: Loving the Body
Chapter 16: Living Every Day as if It Were Your First -- or Last
Chapter 17: Lives Intertwined with Love
Part Five: Good-bye
Chapter 18: Nothing Left Unsaid
Chapter 19: The Mysterious Magic of Some Good-byes
Chapter 20: Good-byes That Are Gifts Through Time
Chapter 21: Good-byes That Celebrate Life
Afterword: Reflections Before Good-bye
Acknowledgments
Index