Available Online - Handbook for Mortals: Guidance For People Facing Serious Illness

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance For People Facing Serious Illness was described in a review by Richard D Della Penna, CMI's National Elder Care Clinical Lead and Director of the Kaiser Permanente Aging Network, as

A "must read"--not only for all individuals and families facing serious illness but also for all clinicians. To be sure, it is a book about dying--but it is also a book about living and about managing the kind of problems faced regularly by people with serious illness. The book is a guide for people journeying through a maze of experiencing serious chronic illness and helps answer typical questions such as "What do I do now?" or "What will happen next?"

Much of this "must read" book is now available in an online version.

The following chapters have been included the online book: Living With Serious Illness, Enduring And Changing, Finding Meaning, Helping Family Make Decisions And Give Care, Getting The Help You Need, Talking With Your Doctor, Controlling Pain, Managing Other Symptoms, Learning About Specific Illnesses, Planning Ahead, Forgoing Medical Treatment, Hastening Death, Coping With Events Near Death, The Dying Of Children, Dying Suddenly and Enduring Grief and Loss.

Handbook for Mortals is an excellent source of guidance for people facing serious illness by providing a wealth of information in an online format for people facing serious illness, patients, families, caregivers and healthcare givers.

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