Achieving a Good Death
A Practical Guide to the End of Life
Paperback Engels 2026 9798216552109Samenvatting
There is an art to dying well that can be taught and learned. While death is inevitable, dying badly is not.
With multiple options available at the end of life, you and your family have the ability to direct this journey, ensuring it is as fulfilling and meaningful as possible right up to the end. With foresight and planning, achieving the elusive good death when the time comes is in your hands.
This thoughtful and gentle guide explores one of the most difficult human topics, equipping readers with the information they need to overcome the anxiety and confusion that so often overwhelm end-of-life planning. Topics include:
- Talking with loved ones about end-of-life wishes and aspirations
- Writing a legacy letter (an ethical will)
- The benefits of different types of care
- End-of-life options
- Planning commemorations and celebrations of life
Focusing on the essential elements of living well and preparing for a good death, this invaluable resource enables readers to plan with intention and insight, providing comfort for all through the final act.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is a Good Death?
Chapter 2: Live Well So as To Die Well
Chapter 3: Decluttering, Death Cleaning, and Getting Organized
Chapter 4: Advance Directives, “The Conversation,” and Health Care Agents
Chapter 5: Legacy Letter, Ethical Wills, and Memoirs
Chapter 6: Caring for Caregivers
Chapter 7: Palliative Care, Hospice, and End-of-Life Doulas
Chapter 8: End-of-Life Options
Chapter 9: What Is It Like to Die?
Chapter 10: What to Do with the Body
Chapter 11: Memorial Services, Eulogies, and Obituaries
Chapter 12: Grief and Mourning
Epilogue: Reimagining Death and Dying
Appendix I: Letters Describing a Desired End of Life
Appendix II: Legacy Letters and Ethical Wills
Appendix III: A Eulogy
Appendix IV: A Burial and Memorial Service
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Notes
Index
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan
