Synopsis
As a palliative care nurse, Joy Nugent has seen the aspect of life others shy away from: death. In her book As Good as Goodbyes Get: A Window into Death and Dying, Nugent tells the events she has encountered over the years and how others have best prepared for the final journey.
As Good as Goodbyes Get is an insightful look into how death is not something to be feared but instead, with preparation, it can be another miracle of life.
About the Author
Joy Nugent worked as a palliative care nurse who focuses on patient-centered empathy. She studied extensively both Eastern and Western philosophies to design her innovative and practical philosophies.
Now retired from nursing, Nugent maintains an active role as a private counselor and consultant. She is the proud parent of four and grandmother to twelve.
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Joy Nugent received training in nursing and midwifery in Australia and Scotland and worked as a nurse in Toronto, Canada, and in London, England, over the course of her career. She pioneered a private nurse practice specialising in home-based palliative care. She also founded NurseLink Foundation, a non-profit public company with charitable status, and is the author of New Nursing. She currently lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Joy Nugent left a comfortable life as the wife of a successful orthodontist to follow a calling and vocation. For more than three decades she was a student at the bedside of people who were dying. It is her belief that in order to live a fuller and more meaningful life we need to become more open in our conversations about death and dying. This belief has the potential to lead a person to die with confidence and faith in a cosmic purpose rather than fear of the unknown. As Good As Goodbyes Get is a bridge from a traditional medical approach to an approach that considers the eternal soul of the person.
—Andrew Harvey, editor of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, internationally acclaimed author, and mystical scholar and teacher.
“And I benefitted from having your book, which is written in a very sensitive, sensible way and provided an easy read with very valuable advice. I hope you market it internationally to oncology nurses, oncologists, medical oncology departments, and nursing homes”
—Jorge F. Cassir, MD, An oncologist from New York
There is no greater endorsement I can give of Joy Nugent’s work than to say when it’s time for me to make my transition she is someone I would choose to accompany me to the threshold. Joy is a person of deep wisdom, intuition, and grace. She knows how to listen and reflect to others their own truth. The gems shared in As Good As Goodbyes Get help the reader learn what is healing and beneficial for those who are approaching the end of their physical lives. Hope, peace and love are the treasures that can be mined in a good death experience. With compassion and kindness Joy helps people find the path that will lead the “home.”
—Sarah G. Schwartz, Music Educator: Cellist and Therapeutic Harpist in Medina, Ohio
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As Good as Goodbyes Get: A Window into Death and Dying
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Dorrance Publishing Co., 2015
ISBN 10: 1480913170
ISBN 13: 9781480913172
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