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At the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbors retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience-the vulnerability and strength, the courage and humility, the anger and acceptance-of knowing she will soon die. Written in the space of a few weeks, in a tremendous creative surge, this powerful and beautiful memoir is a clear-eyed account...

Death is a part of life. We used to understand this, and in the past, loved ones generally died at home with family around them. But in just a few generations, death has become a medical event, and we have lost the ability to make this last part of life more personal and meaningful. Today people want to regain control over health-care decisions for themselves and their loved ones.

Teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully--as if it were all that was left. Levine practiced dying for a whole year and now he shares how such immediacy radically changes our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities. Provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for us, we will not feel...

The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding of loss. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement, this classic text is reissued with a new introduction looking at its influence on contemporary thought and practice.

At death's door will help you acknowledge your emotions about the terminal illness of someone you love and will guide you in living fully with your loved one through the last months, weeks, or days of your time together.

This is an important manual for those professionally involved with the dying, as well as a treatment & consolation for private readers. It brings together medical and humanities experts, to reflect on medical, cultural and religious responses to death

Summary: Combines the experiences of the author with the wisdom found in "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," addressing common fears and concerns about death.

Offers families, friends, and caregivers of terminally ill patients advice on understanding their needs.