Books
A Death in the Family
By Helen Lee, RN; Ira Byock, MD; Barbara K. Spring, Ph.D.
Forthcoming from Georgetown University Press, 2005.
A Few Months to Live… Different Paths to Life's End,
By Jana Staton, Roger Shuy & Ira Byock, MD
A Few Months to Live describes what dying is like from the perspectives of nine terminally ill individuals and their caregivers. Documenting a unique study of end-of-life experiences that included detailed conversations in home care settings, the book focuses on how participants lived their daily lives, understood their illnesses, coped with symptoms (especially pain), and searched for meaning or spiritual growth in their final months of life. The accounts are presented largely in the participants' own words, illuminating both the medical and non-medical challenges that arose from the time each learned the "bad news" through their final days of life and memorial services.
Click here for a book review from LA Times health reporter, Shari Roan.
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- 384 pp., 6X9, LC 00-047671
ISBN 0-87840-840-1, cloth, $70.00 s
ISBN 0-87840-841-X, paper, $26.95 T
May 2001To order A Few Months to Live check with your local bookstore.
Dying Well
By Ira Byock, MD
Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked, telling stories of love and reconciliation in the face of tragedy, pain, and conflict. It provides a blueprint for families showing them how to deal with doctors, how to talk to friends and relatives, and how to make the end of life as meaningful and precious as the beginning.
Visit www.dyingwell.org for more information.
Farewell, My Friend
An Interfaith Conversation on Caring at the End of Life
Written by Jackie Cohen & Illustrated by Susie Risho
Farewell, My Friend is a small booklet created by our Faith Community Task Force. This book, written by Missoula community members, explores the end-of-life practices that are part of different faith traditions. Beautiful stories of goodbyes, explanations of ritual and tradition, and pictures of faith amid life’s transitions make Farewell, My Friend a keepsake book.