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Books like Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death

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📋 Advance Care Planning💀 Death Positive Movement
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 98%
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📋 Advance Care Planning💀 Death Positive Movement
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💬 Patient Communication📚 Medical Humanities
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 97%
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💬 Patient Communication📚 Medical Humanities
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🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
How We Die Summary
How We Die 97%
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🩻 Clinical Realism⏳ Aging And Senescence
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💰 Healthcare Economics📋 Patient Advocacy
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 96%
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💰 Healthcare Economics📋 Patient Advocacy
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⚱️ Death Rituals🥀 Grief And Loss
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 96%
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⚱️ Death Rituals🥀 Grief And Loss
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💛 Practical Empathy🕯️ Grief Support
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 96%
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💛 Practical Empathy🕯️ Grief Support
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✨ Afterlife Beliefs🕰️ Facing Mortality
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms 96%
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✨ Afterlife Beliefs🕰️ Facing Mortality
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🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
In Love Summary
In Love 95%
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🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
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🌿 Palliative Care🙏 Sanctity Of Life
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death 95%
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🌿 Palliative Care🙏 Sanctity Of Life
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🕊️ Death Acceptance✨ Afterlife Beliefs
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 95%
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🕊️ Death Acceptance✨ Afterlife Beliefs
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🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 94%
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🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
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🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 94%
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🧠 Neurosurgery📜 Philosophy Of Medicine
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💔 Caregiver Burden💰 Healthcare Economics
Dementia Reimagined Summary
Dementia Reimagined 94%
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💔 Caregiver Burden💰 Healthcare Economics
After
by Bruce Greyson • 2021
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
4.18
6k+
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
After Summary
After 93%
When your brain shuts down, you might still be there. A near-death researcher's fifty-year case.
by Bruce Greyson 2021
4.18
6k+ ratings
🌅 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Research🕊️ Life After Death👁️ Out-Of-Body Experiences🔬 Scientific Spirituality
Making Friends with Death
by Judith L. Lief • 2001
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
4.26
128
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence💗 Compassion Practice
Making Friends with Death Summary
Making Friends with Death 93%
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
by Judith L. Lief 2001
4.26
128 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence💗 Compassion Practice
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💀 Confronting Mortality🛋️ Therapists
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 93%
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💀 Confronting Mortality🛋️ Therapists
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🗣️ Patient Autonomy🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
The Good Doctor Summary
The Good Doctor 93%
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🗣️ Patient Autonomy🕊️ End-Of-Life Care
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💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 93%
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💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
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🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 93%
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🌅 Present Moment👋 Intentional Goodbyes
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🌅 End-Of-Life Planning🥪 Sandwich Generation
Passages in Caregiving Summary
Passages in Caregiving 93%
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🌅 End-Of-Life Planning🥪 Sandwich Generation
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies🌌 Existential Meaning🧠 Consciousness Studies
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 93%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies🌌 Existential Meaning🧠 Consciousness Studies
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings🕯️ Ancestral Memory🌉 Generational Wisdom
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 93%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings🕯️ Ancestral Memory🌉 Generational Wisdom
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🧠 Medical Trauma👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care
Every Deep-Drawn Breath Summary
Every Deep-Drawn Breath 93%
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🧠 Medical Trauma👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
4.22
110k+
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial🕯️ Death Rituals🚫 Death Taboos
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 93%
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
by Caitlin Doughty 2014
4.22
110k+ ratings
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial🕯️ Death Rituals🚫 Death Taboos
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski • 2017
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
4.45
4k+
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance🧘 Buddhist Psychology❤️ Compassion
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations 92%
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
by Frank Ostaseski 2017
4.45
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance🧘 Buddhist Psychology❤️ Compassion
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📋 Settling An Estate🏺 Family Heirlooms
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time Summary
Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time 92%
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📋 Settling An Estate🏺 Family Heirlooms
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages⏳ Anticipatory Grief🪷 Meaning-Making
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 92%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages⏳ Anticipatory Grief🪷 Meaning-Making
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness Practice🪷 Reframing Suffering
Still Here Summary
Still Here 92%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness Practice🪷 Reframing Suffering
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche • 1992
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
4.21
33k+
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence🧘 Meditation Practice🩺 End Of Life Care
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Summary
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 92%
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
by Sogyal Rinpoche 1992
4.21
33k+ ratings
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence🧘 Meditation Practice🩺 End Of Life Care
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 92%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
No Death, No Fear
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
4.22
6k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing🧠 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear 92%
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing🧠 Mindfulness Meditation🍂 Impermanence
Life Is Short
by Dean Rickles • 2022
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
3.24
327
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning🖤 Death Acceptance⏳ Short-Term Thinking
Life Is Short Summary
Life Is Short 92%
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
by Dean Rickles 2022
3.24
327 ratings
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning🖤 Death Acceptance⏳ Short-Term Thinking
The Psychology of Grief
by Richard Gross • 2018
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
3.66
38
🪦 Grief And Loss🔗 Attachment Theory🚫 Disenfranchised Grief🕯️ Cultural Death Rituals🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
The Psychology of Grief Summary
The Psychology of Grief 92%
Grief has no stages, no timeline, no closure. What actually shapes how we adapt to loss.
by Richard Gross 2018
3.66
38 ratings
🪦 Grief And Loss🔗 Attachment Theory🚫 Disenfranchised Grief🕯️ Cultural Death Rituals🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth
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⚖️ Work-Life Balance💬 Emotional Honesty
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 92%
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⚖️ Work-Life Balance💬 Emotional Honesty
The Emperor of All Maladies
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
4.34
116k+
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology📖 Disease Biography🧬 Genetics📊 Evidence-Based Medicine
The Emperor of All Maladies Summary
The Emperor of All Maladies 92%
Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
4.34
116k+ ratings
📜 Medical History🔬 Cancer Biology📖 Disease Biography🧬 Genetics📊 Evidence-Based Medicine
Finding Meaning
by David Kessler • 2019
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
4.43
3k+
🕊️ Grief Counseling💀 Thanatology🌱 Meaning-Making🔗 Continuing Bonds🌋 Post-Traumatic Growth
Finding Meaning Summary
Finding Meaning 92%
Five stages of grief aren't the whole map. The missing sixth that turns pain into purpose.
by David Kessler 2019
4.43
3k+ ratings
🕊️ Grief Counseling💀 Thanatology🌱 Meaning-Making🔗 Continuing Bonds🌋 Post-Traumatic Growth
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🇸🇪 Scandinavian Lifestyle📦 Downsizing
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 92%
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🇸🇪 Scandinavian Lifestyle📦 Downsizing
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve Leder • 2021
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
4.44
3k+
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
The Beauty of What Remains Summary
The Beauty of What Remains 91%
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
by Steve Leder 2021
4.44
3k+ ratings
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
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🔄 Integrative Medicine💔 Trauma And Healing
What Seems to Be the Problem? Summary
What Seems to Be the Problem? 91%
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🔄 Integrative Medicine💔 Trauma And Healing
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🌅 Living While Dying📖 Illness Narratives
The Unwinding of the Miracle Summary
The Unwinding of the Miracle 91%
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🌅 Living While Dying📖 Illness Narratives
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🕯️ Conscious Dying📜 Wisdom Traditions
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Summary
From Age-ing to Sage-ing 91%
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🕯️ Conscious Dying📜 Wisdom Traditions
The Existentialist's Survival Guide
by Gordon Marino • 2018
Your anxiety is not a flaw. The existentialists saw it as proof of your freedom.
3.69
1k+
🧠 Existentialist Thought🛠️ Philosophical Self-Help✨ Authentic Living😰 Existential Anxiety💀 Death Awareness
The Existentialist's Survival Guide Summary
The Existentialist's Survival Guide 91%
Your anxiety is not a flaw. The existentialists saw it as proof of your freedom.
by Gordon Marino 2018
3.69
1k+ ratings
🧠 Existentialist Thought🛠️ Philosophical Self-Help✨ Authentic Living😰 Existential Anxiety💀 Death Awareness
Dying to Be Me
by Anita Moorjani • 2012
Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.
4.16
17k+
🔮 Near-Death Experiences🧠 Mind-Body Healing💖 Self-Love🎗️ Cancer Memoirs✨ Spontaneous Remission
Dying to Be Me Summary
Dying to Be Me 91%
Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.
by Anita Moorjani 2012
4.16
17k+ ratings
🔮 Near-Death Experiences🧠 Mind-Body Healing💖 Self-Love🎗️ Cancer Memoirs✨ Spontaneous Remission
Consciousness Beyond Life
by Pim van Lommel • 2007
When the brain flatlines, consciousness doesn't: a cardiologist's case from near-death research.
4.07
1k+
🔥 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🌐 Nonlocal Mind⚛️ Quantum Consciousness📡 Brain As Receiver
Consciousness Beyond Life Summary
Consciousness Beyond Life 91%
When the brain flatlines, consciousness doesn't: a cardiologist's case from near-death research.
by Pim van Lommel 2007
4.07
1k+ ratings
🔥 Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🌐 Nonlocal Mind⚛️ Quantum Consciousness📡 Brain As Receiver
On Marriage
by Timothy J. Keller • 2020
Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.
4.40
732
💒 Christian Marriage✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage👫 Complementarianism🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics📜 Reformed Theology
On Marriage Summary
On Marriage 91%
Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.
by Timothy J. Keller 2020
4.40
732 ratings
💒 Christian Marriage✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage👫 Complementarianism🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics📜 Reformed Theology
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🩺 Childhood Illness🧩 Disability Parenting
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 91%
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🩺 Childhood Illness🧩 Disability Parenting
When the Air Hits Your Brain
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
4.35
12k+
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility💙 Medical Empathy💀 Confronting Mortality
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain 91%
A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996
4.35
12k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 Medical Training⚕️ Medical Fallibility💙 Medical Empathy💀 Confronting Mortality
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine • 2017
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
4.35
15k+
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK 91%
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
by Megan Devine 2017
4.35
15k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
The Worm at the Core
by Sheldon Solomon • 2015
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
4.10
2k+
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial🏛️ Symbolic Immortality🌍 Cultural Worldviews
The Worm at the Core Summary
The Worm at the Core 91%
Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.
by Sheldon Solomon 2015
4.10
2k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology💀 Fear Of Death🪦 Death Denial🏛️ Symbolic Immortality🌍 Cultural Worldviews
Getting Grief Right
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. • 2017
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
4.45
182
🕊️ Grief Counseling🌉 Continuing Bonds🧩 Attachment Theory📖 Narrative Therapy🚫 Toxic Positivity
Getting Grief Right Summary
Getting Grief Right 91%
The five stages misread grief. Your own story matters more than any stage.
by Patrick O’Malley Ph.D. 2017
4.45
182 ratings
🕊️ Grief Counseling🌉 Continuing Bonds🧩 Attachment Theory📖 Narrative Therapy🚫 Toxic Positivity
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