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📋 Advance Care Planning

Compassionate guides to making medical and end-of-life decisions before crisis strikes. These books help readers navigate difficult conversations about values, autonomy, and what it means to die well.
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
by Aroop Mangalik • 2017
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
4.00
14
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 91%
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
by Aroop Mangalik 2017
4.00
14 ratings
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
Nothing to Fear
by Julie McFadden • 2024
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
4.41
3k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 90%
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
by Julie McFadden 2024
4.41
3k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 89%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Between Life and Death
by Kathryn Butler • 2019
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
4.54
221
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death 89%
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
by Kathryn Butler 2019
4.54
221 ratings
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
4.49
220k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal 89%
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
by Atul Gawande 2014
4.49
220k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
The Etiquette of Illness
by Susan P. Halpern • 2004
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
3.76
601
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 89%
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
by Susan P. Halpern 2004
3.76
601 ratings
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
Passages in Caregiving
by Gail Sheehy • 2010
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
4.13
287
🧓 Elder Care🤝 Caregiver Support🏥 Healthcare Navigation
Passages in Caregiving Summary
Passages in Caregiving 89%
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
by Gail Sheehy 2010
4.13
287 ratings
🧓 Elder Care🤝 Caregiver Support🏥 Healthcare Navigation
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
In Love Summary
In Love 89%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
How We Die Summary
How We Die 88%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 88%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 88%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers
by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006
The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.
3.93
57
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👴 Elder Care💪 Emotional Resilience
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary
The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 88%
The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.
by Barry J. Jacobs 2006
3.93
57 ratings
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👴 Elder Care💪 Emotional Resilience
The Good Doctor
by Barron H. Lerner • 2014
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
3.86
189
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor 88%
One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.
by Barron H. Lerner 2014
3.86
189 ratings
⚕️ Medical Ethics📜 History Of Medicine👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 88%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Dementia Reimagined
by Tia Powell • 2019
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
3.90
445
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined 87%
Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.
by Tia Powell 2019
3.90
445 ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧓 Aging And Health🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
The Lost Art of Dying
by Lydia S. Dugdale • 2020
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
3.98
1k+
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
The Lost Art of Dying Summary
The Lost Art of Dying 87%
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
by Lydia S. Dugdale 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
The In-Between
by Hadley Vlahos • 2023
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
4.49
51k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 87%
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
by Hadley Vlahos 2023
4.49
51k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 87%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
3.42
34k+
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 87%
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017
3.42
34k+ ratings
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz • 2019
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
4.60
20
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time 87%
What to do with everything they left behind: a guide to sorting, sharing, and letting go.
by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz 2019
4.60
20 ratings
🧠 Grief And Loss🪣 Death Cleaning💻 Digital Legacy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor
by Micht Albom • 2013
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
4.10
29
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor Summary
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 87%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
4.10
29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Every Deep-Drawn Breath
by Wes Ely • 2021
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
4.35
2k+
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath 87%
ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.
by Wes Ely 2021
4.35
2k+ ratings
🫁 Critical Care🤝 Patient-Centered Care💛 Humanistic Medicine
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 87%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 87%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
My Father's Brain
by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
4.13
2k+
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
My Father's Brain Summary
My Father's Brain 87%
A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.
by Sandeep Jauhar 2023
4.13
2k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Care🧬 Alzheimers Disease🩺 Medical Memoir
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
by David Kessler • 2010
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
4.20
1k+
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms 87%
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
by David Kessler 2010
4.20
1k+ ratings
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
The 36-Hour Day
by Nancy L. Mace • 1981
Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.
4.29
5k+
🧠 Dementia Caregiving👴 Elder Care👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving
The 36-Hour Day Summary
The 36-Hour Day 87%
Dementia stretches every day past its breaking point. The guide for caring without coming apart.
by Nancy L. Mace 1981
4.29
5k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Caregiving👴 Elder Care👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving
The Four Things That Matter Most
by Ira Byock • 2004
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
4.17
1k+
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
The Four Things That Matter Most Summary
The Four Things That Matter Most 87%
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
by Ira Byock 2004
4.17
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
How to Be a Patient
by Sana Goldberg • 2019
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
4.10
203
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
How to Be a Patient Summary
How to Be a Patient 87%
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
by Sana Goldberg 2019
4.10
203 ratings
🗣️ Patient Advocacy🧭 Healthcare Navigation💬 Talking To Doctors
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
4k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 87%
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005
3.94
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
From Age-ing to Sage-ing
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 1995
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
3.99
368
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Summary
From Age-ing to Sage-ing 86%
The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 1995
3.99
368 ratings
🌅 Conscious Aging👴 Elderhood📝 Life Review
What Seems to Be the Problem?
by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
4.18
299
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
What Seems to Be the Problem? Summary
What Seems to Be the Problem? 86%
She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.
by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022
4.18
299 ratings
🏥 General Practice📋 Nhs Memoirs🌿 Holistic Medicine
A Cancer in the Family
by Theodora Ross • 2016
Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.
4.11
190
🧬 Hereditary Cancer🧪 Genetic Testing🛡️ Cancer Prevention
A Cancer in the Family Summary
A Cancer in the Family 86%
Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.
by Theodora Ross 2016
4.11
190 ratings
🧬 Hereditary Cancer🧪 Genetic Testing🛡️ Cancer Prevention
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 86%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Scribe Us Threshold.
by Alexander Batthyány
If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?
4.03
102
✨ Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🔗 Mind-Body Problem
Scribe Us Threshold. Summary
Scribe Us Threshold. 86%
If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?
by Alexander Batthyány
4.03
102 ratings
✨ Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🔗 Mind-Body Problem
Grace and Grit
by Ken Wilber • 1991
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
4.47
2k+
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy
Grace and Grit Summary
Grace and Grit 86%
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
by Ken Wilber 1991
4.47
2k+ ratings
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet • 1929
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
3.68
597
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain 86%
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
by Alphonse Daudet 1929
3.68
597 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
High Risk
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020
A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.
4.39
803
🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy⚖️ Medical Ethics
High Risk Summary
High Risk 86%
A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.
by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020
4.39
803 ratings
🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy⚖️ Medical Ethics
Get What's Yours for Medicare
by Philip Moeller • 2016
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
3.84
258
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
Get What's Yours for Medicare Summary
Get What's Yours for Medicare 86%
Medicare errors trigger lifetime penalties. The gaps, rules, and fixes the handbook skips.
by Philip Moeller 2016
3.84
258 ratings
🏥 Medicare Navigation🛡️ Health Insurance📢 Consumer Advocacy
The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty
by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz • 2014
Nail Social Security timing, avoid Medicare penalties, and build a retirement paycheck that lasts.
3.70
238
🏖️ Retirement Planning📋 Social Security🏥 Medicare
The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty Summary
The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty 86%
Nail Social Security timing, avoid Medicare penalties, and build a retirement paycheck that lasts.
by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz 2014
3.70
238 ratings
🏖️ Retirement Planning📋 Social Security🏥 Medicare
The Hunger Games
by Kate Egan • 2012
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
4.53
206k+
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games 86%
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
by Kate Egan 2012
4.53
206k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
Learning to Fall
by Philip Simmons • 2000
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
4.19
498
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
Learning to Fall Summary
Learning to Fall 86%
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
by Philip Simmons 2000
4.19
498 ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 86%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
The Only Living Trusts Book You’ll Ever Need
by Garrett Monroe • 2024
The $50 document that bypasses probate entirely, and the one oversight that empties it.
4.09
206
🧱 Estate Planning📜 Living Trusts🛠️ DIY Legal Guides
The Only Living Trusts Book You’ll Ever Need Summary
The Only Living Trusts Book You’ll Ever Need 86%
The $50 document that bypasses probate entirely, and the one oversight that empties it.
by Garrett Monroe 2024
4.09
206 ratings
🧱 Estate Planning📜 Living Trusts🛠️ DIY Legal Guides
Midlife
by Kieran Setiya • 2017
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
3.56
3k+
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
Midlife Summary
Midlife 86%
A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.
by Kieran Setiya 2017
3.56
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔄 Midlife Crisis💀 Mortality Acceptance
The Unwinding of the Miracle
by Julie Yip-Williams • 2019
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
4.09
12k+
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
The Unwinding of the Miracle Summary
The Unwinding of the Miracle 86%
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
by Julie Yip-Williams 2019
4.09
12k+ ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
The Blink of an Eye
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
4.09
467
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye 86%
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018
4.09
467 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill • 2008
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
3.72
3k+
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End 86%
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
by Diana Athill 2008
3.72
3k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
by Bronnie Ware • 2011
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
3.76
14k+
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 86%
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
by Bronnie Ware 2011
3.76
14k+ ratings
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
On Pluto
by Greg O'Brien • 2014
What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
On Pluto Summary
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What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.
by Greg O'Brien 2014
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🧠 Dementia Memoir🩺 Medical Memoir🌫️ Cognitive Decline
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