Chris Palmer is an end-of-life activist and a trained hospice volunteer. He founded and leads an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village and serves on the board of several nonprofits focused on end-of-life issues. He has written ten books and frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying. Proceeds from all his books fund scholarships for American University (AU) students.

A stimulating must-read for mortals that will leave you equipped for a more peaceful, dignified, and meaningful end.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: What Is a Good Death?Chapter 2: Live Well So as To Die WellChapter 3: Decluttering, Death Cleaning, and Getting OrganizedChapter 4: Advance Directives, “The Conversation,” and Health Care AgentsChapter 5: Legacy Letter, Ethical Wills, and MemoirsChapter 6: Caring for CaregiversChapter 7: Palliative Care, Hospice, and End-of-Life DoulasChapter 8: End-of-Life OptionsChapter 9: What Is It Like to Die?Chapter 10: What to Do with the BodyChapter 11: Memorial Services, Eulogies, and ObituariesChapter 12: Grief and MourningEpilogue: Reimagining Death and DyingAppendix I: Letters Describing a Desired End of LifeAppendix II: Legacy Letters and Ethical WillsAppendix III: A EulogyAppendix IV: A Burial and Memorial ServiceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorNotesIndex

Chris Palmer is an end-of-life activist and a trained hospice volunteer. He founded and leads an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village and serves on the board of several nonprofits focused on end-of-life issues. He has written ten books and frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying. Proceeds from all his books fund scholarships for American University (AU) students.

A stimulating must-read for mortals that will leave you equipped for a more peaceful, dignified, and meaningful end.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: What Is a Good Death?Chapter 2: Live Well So as To Die WellChapter 3: Decluttering, Death Cleaning, and Getting OrganizedChapter 4: Advance Directives, “The Conversation,” and Health Care AgentsChapter 5: Legacy Letter, Ethical Wills, and MemoirsChapter 6: Caring for CaregiversChapter 7: Palliative Care, Hospice, and End-of-Life DoulasChapter 8: End-of-Life OptionsChapter 9: What Is It Like to Die?Chapter 10: What to Do with the BodyChapter 11: Memorial Services, Eulogies, and ObituariesChapter 12: Grief and MourningEpilogue: Reimagining Death and DyingAppendix I: Letters Describing a Desired End of LifeAppendix II: Legacy Letters and Ethical WillsAppendix III: A EulogyAppendix IV: A Burial and Memorial ServiceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorNotesIndex

Chris Palmer is an end-of-life activist and a trained hospice volunteer. He founded and leads an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village and serves on the board of several nonprofits focused on end-of-life issues. He has written ten books and frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying. Proceeds from all his books fund scholarships for American University (AU) students.

A stimulating must-read for mortals that will leave you equipped for a more peaceful, dignified, and meaningful end.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: What Is a Good Death?Chapter 2: Live Well So as To Die WellChapter 3: Decluttering, Death Cleaning, and Getting OrganizedChapter 4: Advance Directives, “The Conversation,” and Health Care AgentsChapter 5: Legacy Letter, Ethical Wills, and MemoirsChapter 6: Caring for CaregiversChapter 7: Palliative Care, Hospice, and End-of-Life DoulasChapter 8: End-of-Life OptionsChapter 9: What Is It Like to Die?Chapter 10: What to Do with the BodyChapter 11: Memorial Services, Eulogies, and ObituariesChapter 12: Grief and MourningEpilogue: Reimagining Death and DyingAppendix I: Letters Describing a Desired End of LifeAppendix II: Legacy Letters and Ethical WillsAppendix III: A EulogyAppendix IV: A Burial and Memorial ServiceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorNotesIndex