Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303537 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-17
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Respiratory Care March 2004
"Truthful, compassionate information presented in a practical way is always helpful. Shelter from the Storm does exactly that."

Library Journal 5/1/04
"Empowers parents to ask the right questions...A sensitive and useful resource."

About the Author
Joanne Hilden, M.D., is the Chair of the Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Medical Director of Pediatric Palliative Care at the Children's Hospital at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Daniel R. Tobin, M.D., piloted the FairCare program for peaceful dying at the V.A. Hospital in Albany, New York. He is now expanding the program to a network of other hospitals and consulting for insurers on end-of-life issues. Karen Lindsey is coauthor of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book and Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book.

Customer Reviews

Like New
The book was like new, the book was in fabulous condition. I have no complaints. I would order from them again and i got a great price for the book.

Not Impressed
I understand the concept of this book. Want to know why I understand it? Because they spend more than HALF of the book saying,"The purpose of this book is to.." It takes too long to get to the point. It has great information about medical procedures in simple language, and some advice about what to expect with a dying child. Overall, this book could have been more. The authors get too wrapped up in themselves and fail to deliver to parents what they keep promising to give. It's a nice book for supplemental reading, but there are better titles out there that will offer true counsel and detail about disease and the effects thereof (On Death and Dying, etc). Also, if you are a parent that is truly struggling with these issues, take full advantage of the Child Life Educator/Specialist staff at your hospital. If there isn't a program like that, then recommend one because those people are true healers.

HIGHLY Recommended Reading for Parents/Family/Friends of Chronically Ill Children...
This book is both a gift of profound compassion and a wise insurance policy. The entire pediatric health care team is always hopeful that a child can and will recover from a chronic illness. Despite this, physicians and nurses at times find discussion of a child's possible end of life and quality of life issues too uncomfortable to discuss for various reasons: they do not want families to lose hope, also- the thought of considering the possible death of a child is the most devastating conversation that the healthcare team and family could ever have. Unfortuntately, the absence of this conversation can leave families of chronic and critically ill children unprepared for the peaceful, supportive, pain-free death that is possible with considerate mindfulness and preparation. Families of an ill child can sometimes unfortunately find themselves unexpectedly and suddenly saying good-bye in a crisis intensive care surrounding.

I am both an RN and the mother of a chronically ill/critically ill child...Dr. Hilden's book provides me with the compassion, possible reality, and issues that may lie ahead for my family. I am honored to receive Dr. Hilden's insight and will suggest Shelter from the Storm as recommended reading for parents of children with life-threatening illnesses.

Dr. Hildren and Dr. Tobin provide both exceptional caring and compassion as well as a guidebook to plan and consider the unthinkable: my child may not survive his chronic life-threatening disease. And now I walk on...