A Few Months to Live describes what dying is like from the perspectives of nine terminally ill individuals and their caregivers. Documenting a unique study of end-of-life experiences (The Missoula Demonstration Project) that included detailed conversations in home care settings, the book focuses on how participants lived their daily lives, understood their illnesses, coped with symptoms (especially pain), and searched for meaning or spiritual growth in their final months of life. The accounts are presented largely in the participants' own words, illuminating both the medical and non-medical challenges that arose from the time each learned the bad news" through their final days of life and memorial services. Topics include palliative care, quality of life, financial hardship, grief and loss, and communications with healthcare personnel."