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Jane Brody's Guide to the great beyond : a practical primer to help you and your loved ones prepare medically, legally, and emotionally for the end of life  Cover Image Book Book

Jane Brody's Guide to the great beyond : a practical primer to help you and your loved ones prepare medically, legally, and emotionally for the end of life / Jane Brody.

Brody, Jane E. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400066544
  • ISBN: 1400066549
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
End-of-life issues are not new for me -- Get ready now for the great beyond -- Death is inevitable, so be prepared -- A good death: there's more than one right way to die -- Advance directives: a living will is not enough -- Funeral? Memorial? Why plan ahead for the end -- Charting a course of the end of life -- Uncertain future: living with a bad prognosis -- Coma: when the brain is on hold -- Living well to the end: where and how -- Caregiving: tending someone at the end of life -- Hospice and palliative care: don't wait until it's too late -- Spiritual care: lighten and enlighten and end-of-life journey -- When a child is dying: surviving the nightmare -- What to say: conversations at the end of life -- Doctors who disappear: what can be done about it -- Assisted dying: what to consider when illness is unbearable -- Grief: it's not a disease -- Life after death: what you leave behind counts -- Organ and body donations: a gift of life -- Autopsy: valuable lessons from the dead
Subject: Advance directives (Medical care) > Popular works.
Palliative treatment > Popular works.
Terminal care > Popular works.
Advance directives (Medical care) > Popular works.
Palliative treatment > Popular works.
Terminally ill > Popular works.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > Popular works.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Trails Regional.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Trails Regional-Warrensburg 616.029 Bro (Text) 2203359331 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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