DYING: A Book of Comfort
Companion website about dying, bereavement, loss, grief — and aging with spirit
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Advance directives, living wills, Medicare, and other practical matters
Aging with grace
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 can aid in healing (memoirs of illness, crisis, disability, differentness, and survival)
Illness (resources for specific diseases, conditions, syndromes)
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 and 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
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Pat McNees's website
Writers and Editors
(great links to resources for both)
Click here to order DYING: A Book of Comfort
Healthcare100.com (top 100 blogs on health and medicine)
The Partisan Divide — the McCain and Obama plans for U.S. health care reform (Jonathan Oberlander, New England Journal of Medicine)
Index of site
Anthems for funerals and memorial services
Advance directives
Bereavement, grief, and recovery (letting go, but remembering)
Caregivers and caregiving
Caring for a friend
Classical music for funerals and memorial services
Clinical trials
Coping with cancer
Cremation
Difficult endings
Documents you need to protect your own and your survivors' rights
Eulogies
Facts about cancer
Funerals
Grief, the only way out is through
Health care proxy (durable health care power of attorney)
Helping a dying friend
Hospice care
Hymns, gospel, and inspirational music for funerals and memorial services
Information you should have available in an easy-to-find place
Kristie Miller's letter of intent
Living will
Music for funerals and memorial services
Narrative and healing
Obituaries
Order DYING: A Book of Comfort
Palliative care
Patriotic and military funeral music
Prayers, poems, and meditations for funerals and memorial services
Recommended reading
Selections from Dying: A Book of Comfort
The stages of grief
Video tributes
Writing a legacy letter (or ethical will)
