Awake at the bedside : contemplative teachings on palliative and end-of-life care

Awake at the bedside Contemplative teachings on palliative and end-of-life care

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Subjects
Caring > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Palliative treatment.
Published
Somerville, MA : Wisdom [2016]
Language
English
Physical Description
xvii, 347 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-305) and index.
ISBN
9781614291190
  • Foreword His Holiness the Karmapa
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Poem
  • 1. Transforming the Care of Serious Illness
  • 2. Watch with Me Dame
  • Poem: The Promise
  • Poem: The Gate
  • Poem: For Three Days
  • Poem: The Last Time
  • Poem: What the Living DO
  • 3. Mindfulness Is Not a Part-Time Job: Dementia, Flowers, and Attention
  • 4. Unfinished Business and How You Know That You Know
  • 5. Creating a Dharma Vision
  • Poem: Lucky Tony Hoagland
  • Poem: Medicine
  • 6. Meeting the Divine Messengers
  • 7. The Healing Encounter: Meeting One Another in the Space Between
  • Poem: Hospital Song
  • Poem: Hospital Writing Workshop
  • 8. Taking the Precepts as Your Guide: How to Approach Difficult Decisions, Accept the Consequences, and Not Keep Yourself Up All Night
  • 9. Meditation Practice: A Practice of Dying
  • Poem: The Washing of the Body
  • 10. Redefining the Metaphor for Dying
  • 11. Acknowledging the Shadow
  • Poem: Senryu
  • 12. Becoming (and Sustaining) the Bodhisattvas We Already Are
  • Poem: Appointment
  • Poem: Afterbody
  • Poem: Untitled
  • 13. The Raw Spot
  • Poem: Love After Love
  • 14. A Good Enough Death
  • 15. A Theravada Approach to Spiritual Care of the Dying and Deceased
  • Poem: Touch Me
  • Poem: Passing Through
  • Poem: The Layers
  • 16. More Than Just a Medical Event
  • 17. Our Real Home
  • Poem: For the Anniversary of My Death
  • Poem: Separation
  • 18. Don't Wait for Tomorrow: Six Meditations on Death and Dying
  • Poem: Sunao
  • 19. A Lesson in Compassion
  • Poem: A Bowl Rumi
  • Poem: Bird Wings Rumi
  • Poem: The Guest House Rumi
  • 20. The Third Messenger: Death Is Unavoidable
  • 21. The Last Kiss
  • 22. Attunement: Meditations on Compassion
  • Poem: Turtle, Swan
  • Poem: The Embrace
  • 23. In the Silence of Leaving
  • 24. Four Stories about Seeing Around the Corner
  • Poem: Kindness
  • 25. Finding What Life Is
  • 26. Imagining People Well
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Contributors
  • About the Editors
  • About the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

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