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Books

As Big as it Gets: Supporting a Child when a Parent is Seriously Ill This booklet provides a range of ideas for parents and carers so that they feel able to involve their children in what is...

Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Using a Buddhist approach to death, the author affirms that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help...

The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and...

Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning This book follows patients and their loved ones on a path that brings them into a kind of underworld of experience that has...

The Four Things that Matter Most: A Book About Living Four simple phrases can help us through the unpredictability of daily life.

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness (2nd. ed.) This book is written for a general audience by a team of specialists. Updated since the first edition in 1999, it provides...

Healing Your Grieving Heart When Someone You Care About Has Alzheimer's: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers This book addresses the challenges faced by families and friends of those living with Alzheimer; it reveals how their feelings...

"I don't have time for this": A compassionate guide to caring for your parents and yourself. As well known palliative care physician, Ira Byock, notes "the author deftly melds personal and professional experience to...

Lap of Honour: A No Fear Guide to Living Well with Dying This book provides insights, information and practical advice designed to help people handle the demands and limitation of...

Love Legacy: A guidebook for families anticipating the death of a parent The death of a parent in childhood represents a void in a child’s life. This guidebook assists families with planning, making...