A Beginner's Guide to the End: How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death

Description: A Beginner's Guide to the End by BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger A beautiful meditation on death as well as an actionable guide to all the logistics surrounding the end of a life - Being Mortal meets When Breath Becomes Air. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "I wish Id had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but its hugely important to be as prepared as you can be - emotionally, physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book may be the most important guide you could have." - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love ___________The end of a life can often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking and navigating this universal process. There are plenty of self-help books for mourners, but nothing in the way of a modern, approachable and above all useful field guide for the living. And all of us - young, old, sick and well - could use the help. After all, pregnant couples have ample resources available to them as they prepare to bring a new life into the world: Lamaze courses, elaborate birth plans, tons of manuals. Why dont we have a What to Expect When Youre Expecting to Die book?An accessible, beautifully designed and illustrated companion, A Beginners Guide to the End offers a clear-eyed and compassionate survey of the most pressing issues that come up when one is dying, and will bring optimism and practical guidance to empower readers with the knowledge, resources and tools theyll need to die better, maybe even with triumph. Author Biography BJ Miller (Author) Dr. BJ Miller, Jr. is a hospice and palliative care specialist. He is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at UCSF where he attends on the Symptom Management Service at UCSFs Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Center, one of the first community-based palliative care programs in the country. He is also a long-time director of the Zen Hospice Project, a pioneering hospice organization in San Francisco. BJ is a native of Chicago. He studied art history as an undergraduate at Princeton University. He worked for several years for art and disability-rights nonprofit organizations before earning a medical degree at UCSF. He completed an internal medicine residency at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, where he was chief resident, and a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, working at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In his work, he connects humanism and medicine in end-of-life and upstream palliative care.Shoshana Berger (Author) Shoshana got her start as a writer for a magazine called Bikini for whom she interviewed Jeff Buckley and Allen Ginsberg. That led to writing for the New York Times, SPIN, WIRED, and a stint as the editorial director (more like "cool-hunter") for Young & Rubicam. With little more than a fuzzy idea and a boil in the blood, she went on to found ReadyMade, a national do-it-yourself design magazine. The venture was funded by 10 credit cards. (Her credit rating is excellent). ReadyMade was a finalist for National Magazine Awards in 2005 and 2006. After co-authoring the book ReadyMade: How to Make Almost Everything (Clarkson Potter), she sold the business to the Meredith Corp., publisher of Better Homes & Gardens. Shoshana then joined WIRED as director of special projects in 2011, and launched a new website, WIRED Design. She landed at IDEO in 2013 as editorial director and hasnt looked back. Review I wish Id had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but its hugely important to be as prepared as you can be-emotionally, physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book may be the most important guide you could have. * Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love * Long Description " I wish Id had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but its hugely important to be as prepared as you can be - emotionally, physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book may be the most important guide you could have. " - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love ___________ The end of a life can often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking and navigating this universal process. There are plenty of self-help books for mourners, but nothing in the way of a modern, approachable and above all useful field guide for the living. And all of us - young, old, sick and well - could use the help. After all, pregnant couples have ample resources available to them as they prepare to bring a new life into the world: Lamaze courses, elaborate birth plans, tons of manuals. Why dont we have a What to Expect When Youre Expecting to Die book?An accessible, beautifully designed and illustrated companion, A Beginners Guide to the End offers a clear-eyed and compassionate survey of the most pressing issues that come up when one is dying, and will bring optimism and practical guidance to empower readers with the knowledge, resources and tools theyll need to die better, maybe even with triumph. Review Quote I wish Id had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but its hugely important to be as prepared as you can be-emotionally, physically, practically, financially, and spiritually. This book may be the most important guide you could have. Promotional "Headline" A beautiful meditation on death as well as an actionable guide to all the logistics surrounding the end of a life - Being Mortal meets W hen Breath Becomes Air . Details ISBN152940391X Author Shoshana Berger Publisher Quercus Publishing Year 2019 ISBN-10 152940391X ISBN-13 9781529403916 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-07-16 Imprint Quercus Publishing Subtitle How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 155.937 Pages 448 Short Title A Beginners Guide to the End Language English UK Release Date 2019-07-16 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-07-15 AU Release Date 2019-07-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124928974;

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