Books
• "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End," Atul Gawande
• "Gratitude," Oliver Sacks
• "Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death," Katy Butler
• "When Breath Becomes Air," Paul Kalanithi
• "The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America," Ann Neumann
• "Ethical Wills: Putting Your Values on Paper," Barry Baines
• "How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying," Karla A. Erickson
• "Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom," Mary Catherine Bateson
• "Claiming Your Place at the Fire," Richard Leider
• "The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living," Ira Byock
• "The Best Care Possible," Ira Byock
• "The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well Being," Sherwin B. Nuland
• "How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter," Sherwin Nuland
• "Staying Sharp: 9 Keys for a Youthful Brain," Henry Emmons and David Alter
• "The Gray Zone: When Life Support No Longer Supports Life," Deborah Day Laxson
• "My Voice, My Choice: A Practical Guide to Writing a Meaningful Healthcare Directive," Anne Elizabeth Denny
Other resources
• Honoring Choices Minnesota, honoringchoices.org
• Minnesota Network for Hospice and Palliative Care (formerly Minnesota Hospice Organization and Hospice Minnesota), mnhpc.org
• Minnesota Coalition for Death Education and Support (MCDES), mcdes.org.
• Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, metroaging.org
• The Conversation Project, founded by columnist Ellen Goodman. Also Google her four-minute YouTube video and 12-minute TED talk: theconversation project.org
• National Healthcare Decisions Day, nhdd.org
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), nhpco.org
• Compassion and Choices, compassionandchoices.org
• Healthcare Directives From the Heart, healthcaredirectivesfromtheheart.com
• Speaking of Dying workshops, four sessions led by a former nurse midwife; speakingofdyingmn@gmail.com or 612-868-4116.
• Light The Legacy, (St. Cloud), lightthelegacy.org
Compiled by Parkshore and Gail Rosenblum
