This is a comprehensive manual for anybody reaching the end of life, and for their caring friends, relatives, advocates, and caretakers. The author, an Episcopal priest, describes in detail the formidable challenges faced by those who wish to avoid months or years of painful treatment after they no longer have any hope of recovering any reasonable quality of life. Specific subjects include:
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<li>the nature of physical death;</li>
<li>legal documents to clarify one's wishes;</li>
<li>the need for a strong advocate to have the patient's wishes honoed</li>
<li>moral questions that must be considered;</li>
<li>means of dying painlessly once the decision is made;</li>
<li>and much more, including how to respond to reluctant doctors, and the value of humor in communicating with a dying patient.</li>
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Abraham emphasizes that despite is position as a priest, this is not a religious book. It is intended for people of all faiths or no faith. People develop their own views on end-of-life issues, and for those who have not yet given it much thought, he offers facts and insights that are useful in forming one's moral beliefs. The decision, of course, must always be made by the patient, usually well ahead of time while he or she is able to make a sound judgment. If the patient desires continued medical treatment despite suffering and no means of recovery, that person's wishes must be honored. However, he argues strongly that those who hope to avoid the terrible suffering that comes so often at the end of life should also have their wishes honored.
The book carries strong endorsements from a number of well-known authorities on death, dying, grief, and mourning, including Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, the author of numerous best-selling books on death and grieving, and Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society and author of Final Exit.

How to Get the Death You Want: A Practical and Moral Guide

Self-Help

Abraham Rev., John

Death & Grief

Upper Access

Living in the Supernatural Dimension: Right Choice Now-Best Life Forever

Living in THE SUPERNATURAL DIMENSION A captivating and mind-stretching journey! Living in the Supernatural Dimension takes you on a journey with God. You will learn about his voice alerts, His “Global Positioning System,” and His forks in the road. He will take the willing traveler to His highest and richest plateau. <ul>
<li>YOU will be moved from where you are to where He would like you to be, as you listen and let God speak to you.</li> <li>YOU will learn about power—God’s power in you—to change you and your world.</li> <li>YOU will have a front row seat as God’s “mind-stretching” supernatural power is released to you and through you to a hurting world.</li> <li>YOU may experience anger, joy, fear, love, laughter, or tears.</li> <li>YOU are on a journey to an enriched life, bringing greater perspective and balance with sharper focus in God’s dimension of the supernatural.</li> </ul> Follow the child preacher, now affectionately known around the world as the pastor’s pastor, from Russia to Africa, from Eastern Europe to Asia, who heard God’s call and—sixty years of global ministry later—tells it like it is. He tells what God alone has done in revolutionizing multitudes of lives, lives of people who now live in his victory. Fact can be stranger than fiction, stretching many and too much for some.

Religion & Spirituality

WestBow Press

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