📚 Books on End-of-Life

Book cover with a dark purple background, featuring a pink and purple flower with a dark stem, and the title 'Death is a Day Worth Living' by Dr. Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes
Book cover titled "The In-Between" by Hadley Vlahos, RN, with a circular design featuring a blue sky with clouds and stars at the top and a yellow section at the bottom, emphasizing themes of life's final moments.
Book cover titled "Caring for the Dying" by Henry Fersko-Weiss, with a subtitle about a gentle guide for families and caregivers and an illustration of dandelion seed heads.
Book cover for 'Briefly Perfectly Human' by Alua Arthur, with the subtitle 'Making an authentic life by getting real about the end,' featuring a blue and purple background with gold and yellow floral designs.
Book cover titled "Gratitude" by Oliver Sacks, with a dark background and yellow text and design elements.
Book cover titled "For You When I Am Gone" by Steve Leder, with a subtitle "Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story" and a note "New York Times Bestseller"

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.