All Kinds Of Love by Carolyn Jaffe and Carol H. Ehrlich Essays -- Hosp

Throughout the course of our lives we will experience the decline of a love one due to illness or aging. This may cause us to make a choice of how and where we choose our love one to die. Authors, carolyn Jaffe and Carol H. Ehrlich, in their book All Kinds of Love, illustrate how the relationships betwixt doctors, diligents, family, friends, hospice volunteers, and hospice nurses tout ensemble play an important role during he patients last long time as they try to reach a good death. In the books foreword, Rabbi Earl A. Grollman comments on Jaffes history of nursing experience and states Her stories bring alive the c erstrns, the surprises, the victories, the disappointments, the mistakes, the uncertainties, the joys, and the trouble oneself that are part of ones destruction (1, p. v). The preface focuses on the type of headache Hospice provides for the patient and family, while the section entitled Hospice is... provides a detailed description of hospice.Chapter One demon strates the sensitivity a hospice nurse must use when traffic with new patients and how the nurse must remain unbiased at all times. Chapter Two reviews the family feelingal strains and stresses which can be experienced when a loved one is dying within the home and how different batch chain reactor with the change. In Chapter Three we can develop a deeper understanding of an individuals energy and acceptance through the story of Karen, a seven year out of date who is dying from cancer. The different coping mechanisms explicit by Karens parents are rattling contrast dramatically as the needs of survivors vary.Chapter Four highlights patients need for rule and decision making over his or her own life. In Chapter Five, Henrietta, the patient had very little control over her treatment and perturb because her husband refused to accept her dying, until Janice (hospice nurse) promised her dignity during death. In Chapter Six, William tries a new method of pain control and his sp irits are lifted as he once again has some control in his life as expressed in his statement, I cant believe the power I have(1, p.194). Chapter seven-spot lightly touches upon the death of AIDS patients, and the stigmatisms and rejection they may face, but also exhibits the patients readiness to control their moment of death. The joy which a family can gain when there is an open acceptance of a loved ones death is visible in Chapter Eight as Johns f... ...very touching with a lot of strong emotion behind the words I share with you the agony of your grief... the strength of caring, the affection of one who seeks to understand the silent storm swept barrenness of so great a loss. This I do in quiet shipway that , on your lonely path, you may not walk alone... (1, p.294).Reading Appendix A, I strongly agreed with Jaffe and Ehrlichs recommendations for more mandatory classes about religion, cultural, and coping with dying patients classes in the medical curriculum, because we can not truly expect our medical staff to act appropriately to everyones needs without offending certain religious and cultural beliefs if we do not help them take a step in the near direction.In summary, my overall opinion of this book All Kinds of Love Experiencing Hospice, by Carolyn Jaffe and Carol H. Ehrlich was excellent. This book challenged my morals and changed my views about in home care. Its reassuring that this soma of care is available not only for myself, but also for the people I love. BibliographyEhrlich, Carol H., and Carolyn Jaffe (1997). All Kinds of Love Experiencing Hospice. Amityville, New York Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.