End-of-life care (EOL) is a specialized area encompassing such disciplines as social work, counseling, hospice, physical medicine, geriatrics, nursing and psychology. This important volume reveals the secret struggles afflicting most EOL professionals:* Do we bring our ghosts to work?* Do we empathize or do we rescue?* Do we deny or manage the politics that influence our decision-making at the end of life?* Whose needs are we really meeting?* Can we admit to our own needs to be loved and well thought of?* Can we be both objective and human at the same time?The authors disclose their personal successes and failures with these issues. They also provide a framework for identifying, confronting, and managing the impact of personal histories, biases, and assumptions on work with the dying, bereaved and those living with life-limiting illness.

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