📚 Books on End-of-Life
Death is a Day Worth Living by Claudia Quintana Arantes. A personal account of a palliative doctor in Brazil.
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos. The In-Between, Vlahos recounts the most impactful experiences she’s had with the people she’s worked with.
Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Life by Henry Fresno-Weiss. Based on the work of birth doulas, the author creates a framework to help the dying find meaning in their life.
Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an authentic life by getting real about the end by Alua Arthur. A personal memoir about what led her to become an end-of-life doula.
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks. A moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life.
For You When I am Gone by Steve Leder. Beloved Rabbi Steve Leder has helped thousands of people to write their own ethical wills, and in this intimate book helps us write our own.