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Palliative Care Books
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.49 — 218,453 ratings — published 2014
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.57 — 7,958 ratings — published 2017
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.80 — 53,354 ratings — published 2018
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,663 ratings — published 2019
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.41 — 810,378 ratings — published 2016
A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,334 ratings — published
That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,208 ratings — published 2019
Let's Talk About Death (over Dinner)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.98 — 515 ratings — published 2018
The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.25 — 818 ratings — published 2015
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.29 — 19,322 ratings — published 2017
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.37 — 882,285 ratings — published 1946
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,610 ratings — published 1969
LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.59 — 44 ratings — published
Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.38 — 964 ratings — published 2017
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.27 — 84,533 ratings — published 2018
Palliative Care: A Different Kind of Hope (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.56 — 16 ratings — published
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,185 ratings — published 2013
Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,823 ratings — published 1996
Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.63 — 97 ratings — published 2009
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,737,367 ratings — published 2012
The Spare Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.89 — 8,843 ratings — published 2008
The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.31 — 418 ratings — published 2012
99 Fragen an den Tod: Leitfaden für ein gutes Lebensende (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.38 — 16 ratings — published
Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.41 — 150 ratings — published 2025
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.17 — 590,894 ratings — published 2011
Cancer and its Management (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2013
The American Book of Living and Dying: Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.16 — 85 ratings — published 2009
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.28 — 7,187 ratings — published 2007
My Father's Wake: How the Irish Teach Us to Live, Love, and Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.91 — 586 ratings — published 2018
Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.22 — 69 ratings — published 2001
The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,132 ratings — published
A Beginner's Guide to Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,793 ratings — published 2024
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,405 ratings — published 2008
Fifty-seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter, Finding Our Way (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.66 — 258 ratings — published
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.49 — 49,571 ratings — published 2023
In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.33 — 8,068 ratings — published 2017
Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,135 ratings — published
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,006 ratings — published 1973
The Luckiest Man: How a Seventeen-Year Battle with ALS Led Me to Intimacy with God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.66 — 91 ratings — published
Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.04 — 107 ratings — published
Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,652 ratings — published
The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.99 — 86 ratings — published
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.70 — 33,606 ratings — published 2016
The Gifts of Caregiving: Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Healing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2002
I'll Have It My Way: Taking Control of End of Life Decisions: a Book about Freedom & Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.44 — 25 ratings — published 2015
Farewell: Vital End-of-Life Questions with Candid Answers from a Leading Palliative and Hospice Physician (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.40 — 171 ratings — published 2018
Values at the End of Life: The Logic of Palliative Care (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published
The Final Journey - New Edition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2012
Palliative Touch: Massage for People at the End of Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Watching for Dragonflies: A Caregiver's Transformative Journey (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as palliative-care)
avg rating 4.42 — 31 ratings — published
“A paradigm shift of viewing palliative care or hospice as a gift instead of seeing it as giving up has the potential to change the way we experience advanced age.”
― A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent
― A Chance to Say Goodbye: Reflections on Losing a Parent
“Last Comforts” was born when one nagging question kept arising early in my journey as a hospice volunteer. Why were people coming into hospice care so late in the course of their illness? That question led to many others that rippled out beyond hospice care. Are there better alternatives to conventional skilled nursing home operations? How are physicians and nurses educated about advanced illness and end-of-life care? What are more effective ways of providing dementia care? What are the unique challenges of minority and LGBT people? What is the role of popular media in our death-denying culture? What has been the impact of public policy decisions about palliative and hospice care?
The book is part memoir of lessons learned throughout my experiences with patients and families as a hospice volunteer; part spotlight on the remarkable pathfinders and innovative programs in palliative and late-life care; and part call to action.
I encourage readers – particularly my fellow baby boomers -- not only to make their wishes and goals clear to friends and family, but also to become advocates for better care in the broader community.”
― Last Comforts: Notes from the Forefront of Late Life Care
The book is part memoir of lessons learned throughout my experiences with patients and families as a hospice volunteer; part spotlight on the remarkable pathfinders and innovative programs in palliative and late-life care; and part call to action.
I encourage readers – particularly my fellow baby boomers -- not only to make their wishes and goals clear to friends and family, but also to become advocates for better care in the broader community.”
― Last Comforts: Notes from the Forefront of Late Life Care
