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- A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
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You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Listen to a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides - a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you.
The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and talking about death make us uncomfortable - but she also explores its intimacies and joys. Tisdale looks at grief, what the last days and hours of life are like, and what happens to dead bodies. Advice for Future Corpses includes exercises designed to make you think differently about the inevitable. She includes practical advice, personal experience, a little Buddhist philosophy, and stories.
But this isn't a book of inspiration or spiritual advice - Advice for Future Corpses is about how you can get ready. Start by admitting that we are all future corpses.
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Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. When Ann Neumann's father was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, she left her job and moved back to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She became his full-time caregiver - cooking, cleaning, and administering medications. When her father died, she was undone by the experience, by grief and the visceral quality of dying.
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Ugh, so boring
- By Maranto on 05-13-19
By: Ann Neumann
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How We Die
- Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
- By: Sherwin B. Nuland
- Narrated by: Sherwin B. Nuland
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Even more relevant than when it was first published, this edition addresses contemporary issues in end-of-life care and includes an all-embracing and incisive afterword that examines the state of health care and our relationship with life as it approaches its terminus. How We Die also discusses how we can take control of our own final days and those of our loved ones.
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- By T. McG. on 03-07-14
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The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared
- An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey
- By: Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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If you are preparing for the end of life—or simply looking to bring more meaning to the here and now—The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared imparts valuable insight to nurture clarity and your internal strength on your journey. This workbook is a first-of-its-kind publication that invites you to process your life and legacy, create remembrance projects, build connections to vital supports, and draft informative wishes and plans for your last chapter.
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On Death and Dying
- What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Family
- By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
- Narrated by: Carol Bilger, cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross created her classic seminal work, On Death and Dying, to offer us a new perspective on the terminally ill. It is not a psychoanalytic study, nor is it a "how-to" manual for managing death. Rather, it refocuses on the patient as a human being and a teacher, in the hope that we will learn from him or her about the final stages of life.
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Terrible narration
- By Nassir on 06-25-05
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That Good Night
- Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour
- By: Sunita Puri
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Sunita Puri
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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As the American-born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own was impossible to bridge, save for two elements: medicine and spirituality. Interweaving evocative stories of Puri's family and the patients she cares for, That Good Night is a stunning meditation on impermanence and the role of medicine in helping us to live and die well, arming listeners with information that will transform how we communicate with our doctors about what matters most to us.
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Never needed 1.25x more... GREAT BOOK THOUGH!
- By Viejo Mzungu on 04-30-19
By: Sunita Puri
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Come of Age
- The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
- By: Stephen Jenkinson, Charles Eisenstein - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephen Jenkinson
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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Stephen Jenkinson explores the great paradox of elderhood in North America: how we are awash in the aged and yet somehow lacking in wisdom; how we relegate senior citizens to the corner of the house while simultaneously heralding them as sage elders simply by virtue of their age. Our own unreconciled relationship with what it means to be an elder has yielded a culture nearly bereft of them. Taking on the sacred cow of the family, Jenkinson argues that elderhood is a function rather than an identity.
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The Elder I’ve been seeking.
- By dina crosta on 05-18-19
By: Stephen Jenkinson, and others
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Staring at the Sun
- Overcoming the Terror of Death
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Gregory Gorton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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At 74, Yalom has penned a book that is the climax of his lifework, focusing on the universal human issues of mortality and death. He suggests that what he calls the "awakening experience" can help us acknowledge, accept, and utilize our fear of death in a very positive manner. Such an awakening experience can be as simple as a dream, or quick as a sudden insight. It is often a loss, a trauma, or just plain aging that can prompt an awakening experience that is a turning point for a more meaningful life.
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Positive & Life Affirming
- By Sara on 02-25-15
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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The Dying Process
- Your Essential Guide to Understanding Signs, Symptoms & Changes at the End of Life
- By: Katie Duncan
- Narrated by: Erin Grassie
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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Whether you are a family member searching for answers, a caregiver looking for recommendations, or a friend just trying to understand, you will receive invaluable tools and guidance to support your loved one through the last days of their life.
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Compassionate, informative, beautifully narrated
- By FPman on 02-29-24
By: Katie Duncan
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Knocking on Heaven's Door
- The Path to a Better Way of Death
- By: Katy Butler
- Narrated by: Katy Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Like so many of us, award-winning writer Katy Butler always assumed her aging parents would experience healthy, active retirements before dying peacefully at home. Then her father suffered a stroke that left him incapable of easily finishing a sentence or showering without assistance. Her mother was thrust into full-time caregiving, and Katy became one of the 24 million Americans who help care for aging parents. In an effort to correct a minor and non - life threatening heart arrhythmia, doctors outfitted her father with a pacemaker.
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A better way to narrate a book about death?
- By MAUREEN on 10-21-13
By: Katy Butler
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- By: Atul Gawande
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- By George on 11-02-14
By: Atul Gawande
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Extreme Measures
- Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
- By: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care - to become an ICU physician - and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from the brink of death. But then during her first code she found herself cracking the ribs of a patient so old and frail it was unimaginable he would ever come back to life. She began to question her choice. Extreme Measures charts Zitter's journey from wanting to be one kind of hero to becoming another - a doctor who prioritizes the patient's values and preferences.
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Brilliant & eye-opening
- By Bob Kelley on 03-16-17
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The Five Invitations
- Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
- By: Frank Ostaseski
- Narrated by: Frank Ostaseski
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most. Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart, and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves.
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A wonderful resource for caregivers, patients
- By Elizabeth Kerin on 02-05-18
By: Frank Ostaseski
What listeners say about Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)
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- Consumer 14
- 12-17-22
THIS!!!
Beyond the considerable nuance of systemic detail which is explained in this book, the high level educational nature of the author’s insights, much of which I believe points out the sheer contradictory protocol which medical professionals must (or choose to) abide by, but which serve only to accomplish the opposite result of it’s implied intention, this Review is a tome of intellectual and emotional intelligence on a subject which is common to all, the likes of which I could not have imagined before hearing this recording. Brilliance! Thank you Sallie!
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- Phillip
- 05-10-24
The news that most funeral homes and cremation services are owned by a few corporations.
I liked the tone and the information. The pace was perfect for the subject matter.
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- vivian smith
- 10-02-18
a must read for nurse
I have just finished reading this and will read it again. I was so thankful someone wrote about this with such frankness and also so caringly. I have been a NICH nurse for 15 years and deal with death often. thank you for this book. I will be sharing it with everyone.
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- AJ
- 02-08-22
Thoughtful and sweet
Advice for Future Corpses is a really thoughtful and sweet book that meditatively dwells on the morbid for the purpose of dispelling stigma. Tisdale is an experienced nurse who brings lots of stories to bear on the subject. A bit uncomfortable, but it’s hard to imagine a more universally applicable read.
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- Figlolli
- 09-26-21
Thorough Gentle Guidance
The narrator has a soothing voice and reads the author's words with confidence. This book has everything you need to know about death and dying. It's informative! It's thorough! You'll be glad you bought it.
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- m foreal
- 10-27-22
Vitally important information
I know this book isn’t supposed to make people happy or anything but learning and remembering to act on this information is so important. Things you never think about but wouldn’t want to leave your loved ones with the responsibilities either. And also learning how to accept the death of a loved one or even yourself is not something we are all taught how to accept but it will happen one day and knowing what is involved will put you and others at ease.
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- sati ah
- 01-12-22
This Book Changed How I View My World
This book took me on a journey I never knew I needed. As I helped prepare my sister to die I listened to this as an audio book. The advice given helped me mentally and emotionally to coup with what was transpiring. Sallie Tisdale weaves the journey with eloquence and awareness. It was read by Gabra Zackman, her canter and calmness is just right.
The books is something I will return to many times in my life.
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- donna w.
- 04-23-24
Truth about death
Very well written and spoken. Very informative. It’s a very good read for everyone. It lets you know all the choices people have.
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- benjamin phillips
- 05-09-24
Talking about death
It was an honest look at death. I am not Buddhist; but the spiritual parts of the book were surprisingly enlightening, in a pleasant way. The author seems to have a curiosity and desire to let us know what she has found out. The bad news she tells you everything. The good news is she delivers it with compassion.
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- Phil NYC
- 07-04-19
Very worthwhile contemplations on mortality
Thoughtful and thought provoking discussion about life, death, and choices. Nonjudgmental and nondenominational, though informed by Buddhist thought. Sage advice throughout. Well worth relistening. Several appendices make me think I might want the print copy too.
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