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The art of dying well : a practical guide to a good end of life / Katy Butler.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Katy, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care.
- Death.
- Terminal Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Terminal Care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 pages)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The lost art of dying
- RESILIENCE: The wake-up call
- Building reserves
- Finding allies in preventive medicine
- Weighing medical risks
- Getting to know the neighbors
- Knowing your medical rights
- Caring for the soul
- SLOWING DOWN: When less is more
- Simplifying daily life
- Finding allies in slow medicine, geriatrics, and a good HMO
- Reviewing medications
- Reducing screenings
- Making peace with loss
- ADAPTATION: A moment of truth
- Mapping the future and making plans
- Finding allies in occupational and physical therapy
- Disaster-proofing daily life
- Making a move
- Practicing interdependence
- Being an example
- AWARENESS OF MORTALITY: The art of honest hope
- Talking to your doctor
- Understanding the trajectory of your illness
- Preparing the family
- Finding allies in palliative care
- Reflecting on what gives your life meaning
- Staying in charge
- Thinking creatively
- Redefining hope
- HOUSE OF CARDS: If only someone had warned us
- Recognizing frailty
- Avoiding the hospital
- Finding allies in House call programs
- Upgrading advance directives
- Coping with dementia
- Shifting to comfort care
- Enjoying your red velvet cake
- PREPARING FOR A GOOD DEATH: Making good use of the time you have left
- Finding allies in hospice
- Next steps
- Settling your affairs
- Choosing the time of death
- Loving, thanking, and forgiving
- Getting help from your tribe
- ACTIVE DYING: The tree needs to come down
- This is what dying looks like
- Preparing for a home death
- Preparing in a nursing home
- Giving care
- The final hours
- Humanizing a hospital death
- Improvising rites of passage
- Welcoming mystery
- Saying goodbye
- Toward a new art of dying.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Pepper Medical Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Butler, Katy. Art of Dying Well : A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life.
- ISBN:
- 9781501135323
- 1501135325
- Publisher Number:
- 99984082358
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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