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My Pet Died. How Can I Feel Better?

By Steven Dowshen — 2018

Whether it's from old age, illness, or an accident, animals — like people — will die sometime. Veterinarians can do wonderful things for pets. But sometimes all the medical skill in the world can't save an animal.

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The Smooth River: Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line.

A couple developed a far more expansive and creative view of what strength means in response to a cancer diagnosis for which there are no medical cures. They called this the Smooth River.

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Richard S. Cohen
2021
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal.

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Nina Riggs
2025
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Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Motherhood

Never mind the Real Housewives of Orange County―Marla Jo Fisher is the woman everyone can relate to, complete with bad parenting, rotten dogs, ill health, and fashion faux pas.

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Marla Jo Fisher
2025
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The Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die

This landmark revisioning of the stages of dying, brilliantly conceived and beautifully written, reveals how the dying process naturally carries us through a profound psychological and spiritual transformation as we reconnect with the source of our being.

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Kathleen D. Singh
2000
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Let’s Talk About Hard Things

Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you’ve been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years.

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Anna Sale
2021
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Atul Gawande on Death | The New Yorker Festival | The New Yorker

Atul Gawande talks about death at the 2010 New Yorker Festival.

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Atul Gawande
2014
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Atul Gawande | Talks at Google

Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should do.

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Atul Gawande
2017
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Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula’s Guide for Families and Caregivers

This groundbreaking book encourages us to face our fears and engage in an open, honest dialogue about death.

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Henry Fersko-Weiss
2020
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.

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Atul Gawande
2017
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Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

Ten years after Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s death: “An inspiring…guide to life, distilled from the experiences of people who face death” (Kirkus Reviews)—the beloved classic now with a new introduction and updated resources section.

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler
2014
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Death or Loss of an Animal Companion