Butler Katy - The Art Of Dying Well A Practical Guide To A Good End Of Life - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This comforting thoughtful (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of life from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door is a roadmap to the end that combines medical practical and spiritual guidance (The Boston Globe). A common sense path to define what a good death looks like (US a Today) The Art of Dying Well is about living as well as possible for as long as possible and adapting successfully to change. Packed with extraordinarily helpful insights and inspiring true stories award - winning journalist Katy Butler shows how to thrive in later life (even when coping with a chronic medical condition) how to get the best from our health system and how to make your own good death more likely. Butler explains how to successfully age in place why to pick a younger doctor and how to have an honest conversation with them when not to call 911, and how to make your death a sacred rite of passage rather than a medical event. This handbook of preparations practical communal physical and spiritual will help you make the most of your remaining time be it decades years or months. Based on Butler's experience caring for aging parents and hundreds of interviews with people who have successfully navigated our fragmented health system and helped their loved ones have good deaths The Art of Dying Well also draws on the expertise of national leaders in family medicine palliative care geriatrics oncology and hospice. This empowering guide clearly outlines the steps necessary to prepare for a beautiful death without fear (Shelf Awareness).
Title: The Art Of Dying Well A Practical Guide To A Good End Of Life
Author(s): Butler Katy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501135477
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 2/11/2020
Category: Coping With Death & Bereavement