DYING: A Book of Comfort

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


Selected Works

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
(pat at patmcnees dot com)
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)


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