Soul Service: A Hospice Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care for the Dying

Christine Cowgill MS CRC · Robert Cowgill MD

Feb 2013 · BalboaPress

About this ebook

Whether you are a hospice professional, relative, or volunteer, this book will be of value to you in servicing the patient or your loved one as they approach their transition.

Raymond Moody, MD, author of Life After Life

Soul Service speaks to the medical professional, lay person, dying person and family member about treating the dying from a holistic perspective. It provides a detailed navigation to spiritual and complementary care, as well as examines the phenomenon of metaphysical experiences at death. This book offers ideas on how to honor your loved ones passing and assists with the process of how to choose the best hospice. Soul Service highlights the voices of medical professionals working from the highest level of service. It serves as a useful resource guide to the myriad organizations that are currently available to assist with the dying process.

Ratings and reviews

My grandmother is declining in health, finally at 92.5 years old. My family and I have moved into her estate to assist with her transition to the-here-after. I needed a guide or set of instructions on what to expect and how to handle being present for the ending of her life. This book did a great job of clearly outlining what to expect of the dying. Mind you, I had to mentally change the text's verbage from "patient" to Grama, and "care giver" to Me/I. This is the only reason I chose a 4 star rating instead of 5.

About the author

Robert Cowgill, MD was a hospice pioneer in Atlanta, Georgia as well as an oncology surgeon and hospice medical director. He adopted a holistic approach to helping his cancer patients by incorporating the mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Cowgill was featured on local and national television and in the press, addressing breast cancer issues as well as performing Healing Touch therapy on patients. After his death in 2006, his wife Christine continued his plans to write the end-of-life care book he started.

Christine Cowgill, MS, CRC, is a certified rehabilitation counselor who has worked for over ten years in the area of medical and vocational case management. Christine was honored as an individual winner by the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games for assisting in organizing the first Meals on Wheels route to persons with AIDS in her county. She is also a licensed life and health insurance agent. Christine seeks to make positive social change in the area of end-of-life care through raising awareness and increasing mandatory training for our upcoming physicians and nurses in the areas of palliative, emotional and spiritual care to the dying.

http://www.soulservice.info

Robert Cowgill, MD was a hospice pioneer in Atlanta, Georgia as well as an oncology surgeon and hospice medical director. He adopted a holistic approach to helping his cancer patients by incorporating the mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Cowgill was featured on local and national television and in the press, addressing breast cancer issues as well as performing Healing Touch therapy on patients. After his death in 2006, his wife Christine continued his plans to write the end-of-life care book he started.

Christine Cowgill, MS, CRC, is a certified rehabilitation counselor who has worked for over ten years in the area of medical and vocational case management. Christine was honored as an individual winner by the Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games for assisting in organizing the first Meals on Wheels route to persons with AIDS in her county. She is also a licensed life and health insurance agent. Christine seeks to make positive social change in the area of end-of-life care through raising awareness and increasing mandatory training for our upcoming physicians and nurses in the areas of palliative, emotional and spiritual care to the dying.

http://www.soulservice.info