DYING: A Book of Comfort

Companion website about dying, bereavement, loss, grief — and aging with spirit

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Selected Works Advance directives, living wills, and other practical matters Aging with spirit Bereavement, grief, and recovery Caregivers and caregiving Coping with cancer and critical illness Coping with chronic, rare, and invisible diseases and disorders Difficult endings Eulogies and video tributes Funerals, cremation, alternatives, and memorial services Helping a dying friend Hospice care and palliative care How storytelling about illness, crisis, differentness, and survival can aid in healing Illness, caregiving, and caregivers Kristie Miller's letter of intent Life stories and legacy writing (the healing powers of narrative) Managing life for elderly and disabled patients Music for funerals and memorial services Obituaries Prayers, poems, and meditations Recommended reading, viewing, listening Selections from DYING: A Book of Comfort Stores that sell DYING: A Book of Comfort The stages of grief Writing a legacy letter Index of site Quick Links E-mail Pat Pat McNees's website Writers and Editors (great links to resources for both) Click here to order DYING: A Book of Comfort

Difficult Endings Ambiguous Losses, from the e-book Complicated Losses, Difficult Deaths, by Roslyn A. Karaban Compassion & Dying Complicated Losses, Difficult Deaths, by Roslyn A. Karaban (an e-book) Daniel, 1988-2000: A child's suicide, unending grief and lessons learned, by Sara Fritz (St. Petersburg Times) By SARA FRITZ Death with Dignity (information about voluntary euthanasia) The Depressed Child Hemlock Society (providing information about options for dignified death and legalized physician aid in dying) Sad End to a Long, Slow Slide (by Corey Kilgannon, New York Times Regional edition), a loving couple dies together U.S. Supreme Court rulings on physician-assisted suicide cases (UB Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care) [Go Top]

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