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A Beginner’s Guide to the End
Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
First Edition: 2019 more...
ISBN: 9781501157165
Pages: 544
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Combining editor Shoshana Berger’s communication skills with hospice doctor B.J. Miller’s medical knowledge, this reference guide to dying is essential reading. Well-organized and thorough, compassionate and wise, it covers planning your estate, coping with bad news, handling the costs of terminal illness, knowing what to expect in hospice care, and dealing with funeral and memorial options. Miller and Berger help you handle the details and the inevitable paperwork while offering practical compassion for your path.
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About the Authors
Shoshana Berger, the former senior editor of Wired and editor-in-chief of ReadyMade magazine, is editorial director for the global design firm IDEO. B.J. Miller is a hospice and palliative care physician at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Care Center.
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