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Books

Being Mortal Gawande presents a detailed, but highly readable history of how the meaning of death has changed over the past fifty or sixty...

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Using a Buddhist approach to death, the author affirms that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help...

The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying An exquisite memoir about how to live—and love—every day with “death in the room,” from poet Nina Riggs, mother of two young...

Conversations on Dying: A Palliative Care Pioneer Faces His Own Death Dr. Larry Librach was a well known leader in the field of Palliative Care, including being the Director of the Tammy Latner...

Death: The Final Stage of Growth Dr. Kubler-Ross provides answers to questions about Death and dying. She includes the viewpoints of ministers, rabbis, doctors,...

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of...

The Four Things that Matter Most: A Book About Living Four simple phrases can help us through the unpredictability of daily life.

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness (2nd. ed.) This book is written for a general audience by a team of specialists. Updated since the first edition in 1999, it provides...

Honoring the Mystery: Uplifting Insights from the Language, Visions and Dreams of the Dying The author shares a collection of stories from personal insights and professional experiences centered on the mysterious...