A beginner's guide to the end Practical advice for living life and facing death

Bruce J. Miller, 1971-

Book - 2019

"The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying--and living fully until you do. "There is nothing wrong with you for dying," palliative care doctor BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner's Guide to the End. "Our ultimate purpose here isn't so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do." Theirs is a clear-eyed and big-hearted action plan for approaching the end of life, written to help readers feel more in control of an experience that so often seems anything but. Their book offers everything from step-by-step instructions for how to do your paperwork and navigate the healthcare system to answers to questions you might be afraid to as...k your doctor, like whether or not sex is still okay when you're sick. You'll be walked through how to break the news to your employer, whether to share old secrets with your family, how to face friends who might not be as empathetic as you'd hoped, and to how to talk to your children about your will. (Don't worry: if anyone gets snippy, it'll likely be their spouses, not them.) There are also lessons for survivors, like how shut down a loved one's social media accounts, clean out the house, and write a great eulogy. An honest, surprising, and detailed-oriented guide to the most universal of all experiences, A Beginner's Guide to the End is the one book that everyone needs"--

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Subjects
Genres
Self-help publications
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Bruce J. Miller, 1971- (author)
Other Authors
Shoshana Berger (author), Marina Luz (illustrator)
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Physical Description
xxi, 520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-504) and index.
ISBN
9781501157165
  • Introduction: This Is Not Life Interrupted. This Is Life
  • Planning Ahead
  • 1. Don't Leave a Mess
  • 2. Leave a Mark
  • 3. Yes, There's Paperwork
  • 4. Can I Afford to Die?
  • Dealing with Illness
  • 5. I'm Sick
  • 6. Taking Stock
  • 7. Now What?
  • 8. Coping
  • 9. Breaking the News
  • 10. Love, Sex, and Relationships
  • Help Along the Way
  • 11. Dynamic Duo: Hospice and Palliative Care
  • 12. Symptoms 101
  • 13. Hospital Hacks
  • 14. Help! I Need Somebody
  • 15. Care for the Caregiver
  • 16. Everyone Dies: How to Talk to Kids
  • When Death is Close
  • 17. It's Your Body and Your Funeral
  • 18. Can I Choose to Die?
  • 19. Final Days
  • After
  • 20. The First 24 Hours
  • 21. Grief
  • 22. How to Write a Eulogy and an Obituary
  • 23. Celebrating a Life
  • 24. What's Left
  • Last Words
  • Acknowledgments
  • Resources
  • Notes
  • Index

A Beginner's Guide to the End Excerpted from A Beginner's Guide to the End: Everything You Need to Know to Live Fully and Die Well by B. J. Miller, Shoshana Berger All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.