Maggie Callanan

Maggie Callanan, R.N., has specialized in the care of the dying since 1981. She lectures widely to lay and professional audiences on death and dying, bereavement, and hospice care. Maggie is the author of Final Journeys and co-author of Final Gifts. She was the first coordinator and contributing author of the "Dealing with Death" column in the American Journal of Nursing. In 1995, she was named the Hospice Clinician of the Year and received the prestigious National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s "Heart of Hospice" award. She lives on the New England coast.