Where Souls Meet : Communicating with the Terminally Ill [Paperback]

Dillon Woods (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a thoughtful, provocative, practical guide for anyone whose life is being touched by a loved one with a terminal illness." -- Vivian Janov, Psychotherapist and director, Primal Institute

"It's about time someone wrote a handbook on how to be with someone who is dying!" -- Dr. Dudley Youman, Oncologist, Southwest Regional Cancer Center, Austin, TX

"tremendous... occasional humor, in spite of the seriousness of the subject. This makes the book comfortable reading..." -- MLB

About the Author

Between his year in a Franciscan Monastery, losing both parents to cancer and working with a Los Angeles hospice program, Dillon Woods has spent many years being with the terminally ill. This book is written in short, to-the-point sections. There are no books that cover such a difficult subject in such an easy, down-to-earth, from the heart manner. This book will guide you through the many practical, spiritual and difficult issues that arise at the end of life. If you have someone in your life that is terminally ill, this book will help! It is the most thoughtful, organized, and concise guide available today. WHERE SOULS MEET is a must have for everyone, who has someone, that is facing life's ultimate and final challenge.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Windermere Pubns (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970598106
• ISBN-13: 978-0970598103
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,112,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UCLA- Neuro-Trauma ICU RN/Nightingale Critical Hospice Care, November 18, 2000

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Mei Lani Renger (Los Angeles; CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Souls Meet : Communicating with the Terminally Ill (Paperback)

I had the privedge to work with Mr. Dillion Woods on a Hospice Case; this past July 2000. He had been there a year already, driving, organizing and helping the patient and family cope. I couldn't believe that everything was running so smoothly. I read his book and even thou I am a practicing RN; I was amazed at all of the ideas and suggestions he had. His book is for everyone. We are all going to die. Lets do it with dignity. Using Dillons book can help guide you before you transition. A MUST get book. Who wouldn't want to be prepared?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compassion and Understanding at it's finest, December 11, 2001

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Terry Hastings - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Souls Meet : Communicating with the Terminally Ill (Paperback)

As a Certified Hospice Nurse and Hospice Administrator I have access to many tools to help both staff and loved ones through the grief journey. Where Souls Meet is both compelling and insightful. From introduction to appendix this book provides each reader with guidance and support through the most difficult time most of us will experience - the loss of a loved one. As we anticipate death, like life, we are faced with many challenges and obstacles. This book offers both inspiration and suggestions to help ease the fear. Dillon writes and shares with a level of emotion and realism that will help both caregivers and professionals alike. Share this book with a friend!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Survivors point of view, March 5, 2001

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F. S. Vreeland (austin, texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Souls Meet : Communicating with the Terminally Ill (Paperback)

While Dillon Wood's book is primarily written to help ease the miscommunication and lack of communication with the terminally ill; he has given those of us surviving in the limbo of a survivable yet possibly fatal disease a guide of etiquette also. As a cancer survivor some of my darkest memories were not always the treatments or the setbacks but the reactions from fellow humans. Mr. Woods above all explains that we are alive until we are not. A gentle touch, a word of love and above all not being made to feel sub human by condescension are in themselves the tools of respect.