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The Art of Dying Well - A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Hardcover)
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The Art of Dying Well - A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Hardcover)
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A reassuring and thoroughly researched 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. 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 and prominent end-of-life speaker 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. This handbook of step by
step preparations--practical, communal, physical, and sometimes
spiritual--will help you make the most of your remaining time, be
it decades, years, or months. Butler explains how to successfully
age in place, why to pick a younger doctor and how to have an
honest conversation with her, when not to call 911, and how to make
your death a sacred rite of passage rather than a medical event.
This down-to-earth manual for living, aging, and dying with meaning
and even joy is based on Butler's own experience caring for aging
parents, as well as hundreds of interviews with people who have
successfully navigated a fragmented health system and helped their
loved ones have good deaths. It also draws on interviews with
nationally recognized experts in family medicine, palliative care,
geriatrics, oncology, hospice, and other medical specialties.
Inspired by the medieval death manual Ars Moriendi, or the Art of
Dying, The Art of Dying Well is the definitive update for our
modern age, and illuminates the path to a better end of life.
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