Books, Links, and More

We've compiled resources in both French and English, to give you the broadest possible range of available information. To see resources in French, click in the top right corner of the page.

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Advanced care planning / Decision making
Books
The Best Care Possible - A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through teh End of Life
Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the United States iluminates one of the most important and... read more...
Ethical Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper, 2nd ed.
This book shows how to think about and distribute to others the personal values, beliefs and foundations that made us who... read more...
Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness (2nd. ed.)
This book is written for a general audience by a team of specialists.  Updated since the first edition in 1999, it provides... read more...
In Your Own Time: Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers Facing Terminal Illness at Home
This book helps patients decide what kind of care they want, and where they receive it - in the hospice or the home. Includes... read more...
Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System
A book which is partly a guide to thinking through the policy questions surrounding the end of life, as well as an informal... read more...
Late-Stage Dementia: Promoting Comfort, Compassion, and Care [Paperback]
Modern medicine may offer seemingly promising treatments, but eventually, the impact of Alzheimer's disease and other causes... read more...
Let Me Decide
As medical science advances beyond what was previously thought possible, and the courts and governments become increasingly... read more...
Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan
The story of Nancy Cruzan follows an ordinary family’s extraordinary journey to the United States Supreme Court. The book... read more...
Moments that Matter: Cases in Ethical Eldercare
Dr Gordon, geriatrician, ethicist, educator, speaker, and author, has written this guide for family members to help support... read more...
On Our Own... Together
Trust funds for families with financially dependent loved ones and endowment funds for small not-for-profit and charitable... read more...
DVDs/Video
Online Resources
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