Resources
This is a random collection of books , films, websites, and other resources on a wide variety of end-of-life topics. Have a suggestion for something to include? Please email me— I'm adding more all the time!
Recommended Books:
End of Life
Memoir
Philosophical/Spiritual
Planning
Practical
Right to Die
Films:
Games & Activities:
Organizations:
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Recommended Books:
End of Life
- At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life - Samuel Harrington MD
- Awake at the Bedside - Koshin Paley Ellison
- Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
- Bridging the Gap - Kimberly C. Paul
- Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul - Stephen Jenkinson
- Dying Well - Dr. Ira Byock
- Extreme Measures - Jessica Zitter
- Final Exam - Pauline Chen
- Final Gifts - Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelly
- Final Journeys - Maggie Callanan
- How We Die - Sherwin B. Nuland
- That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour - Sunita Puri
- The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America - Ann Neumann
- The Needs of the Dying - David Kessler
- The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade - Thomas Lynch
- With the End In Mind - Kathryn Mannix
Memoir
- A Different Ending - Judith Landau
- Gratitude - Oliver Sacks
- How Shall I Tell the Dog? - Miles Kington
- Knocking on Heaven's Door - Katy Butler
- Mortality - Christopher Hitchens
- My Father's Wake - Kevin Toolis
- No Happy Endings - Nora McInerny
- The Bright Hour - Nina Riggs
- The Hot Young Widows Club - Nora McInerny
- The Unwinding of the Miracle - Julie Yip-Williams
- When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
Philosophical/Spiritual
- A Year to Live - Stephen Levine
- Being with Dying - Joan Halifax and Ira Byock
- Carpooling with Death - Margaret Meloni
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief - David Kessler
- How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life - Seneca (ed. James S. Romm)
- On Death and Dying - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- On Living - Kerry Egan
- The 5 Invitations - Frank Ostaseski
- The December Project - Sara Davidson
- The Grace in Dying - Kathleen Dowling Singh
- Walking Each Other Home - Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush
Planning
- A Beginner's Guide to the End - Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger
- Let's Talk About Death over Dinner - Michael Hebb
- Making Tough Decisions about End-of-Life Care in Dementia - Anne Kenny
- Reimagining Death - Lucinda Herring
- Take Care of Dying - Get On With Living - Theo Wells
- The Conversation - Angelo Volandes, MD
Practical
- Advice for Future Corpses - Sallie Tisdale
- Fear of Death: It's About Life, Actually: Let's Talk About It - Amy Wallace, MA
- From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty
- Handbook for Mortals - Joanne Lynn
- Living at the End of Life - Karen Whitley Bell, RN
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
- The Art of Dying Well - Katy Butler
- The Dying Time - Joan Furman, RN & David McNabb
- Will My Cat Eat MY Eyeballs? - Caitlin Doughty
Right to Die
- A Good Death - Sandra Martin
- Choosing to Die - Phyllis Shacter
- To Die Well - Sidney Wanzer
- When My Time Comes - Diane Rehm
Films:
- Consider the Conversation
- Speaking of Dying
- Departures
- An Honest Death - A Pallative Care Doctor's Final Days
- After Life (Japanese movie with English subtitles)
- Go Gentle
- Coco
- Harold & Maude
Games & Activities:
- Hello - board game
- The Death Deck - card game
- Go Wish - card game
- WeCroak - mobile phone app
Organizations:
- End of Life Washington
- People's Memorial Association
- Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest
- Compassion & Choices
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Shomer Collective
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