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Feb 19, 2019 · — Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine “The Art of Dying Well is the best guidebook I know of for navigating the later stages of life. Katy Butler’s counsel is simple and practical, but the impact of this book is profound. A remarkable feat.”
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Feb 19, 2019 · Katy Butler. A reassuring and thoroughly researched guide to maintaining a high quality of life—from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath—by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door.The Art of Dying Well is about living as well as possible for as long as possible and ...
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The Art of Dying Well will help you live well as possible for as long as possible and adapt successfully to change. With groundbreaking insights and inspiring true stories, award-winning journalist and prominent end-of-life speaker Katy Butler shows how to thrive (even if coping with a chronic medical condition), get the best from our ...
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“Katy Butler has given us a much needed GPS for navigating aging and death. The Art of Dying Well is a warm, wise and straightforward guide, hugely helpful to anyone—everyone—who will go through the complex journey to the end of life.” —Ellen Goodman, Founder, The Conversation Project
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- February 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020 · Katy Butler’s articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Best American Science Writing, and The Best American Essays. A finalist for a National Magazine Award, she lives in Northern California. She is the author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door and The Art of Dying Well.
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Feb 11, 2020 · Katy Butler has written a very honest book. I just wish I had read it ten years ago. You can do it now!” —Margareta Magnusson, author of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning “The Art of Dying Well is a guide to just that: how to face the inevitable in an artful way. Katy Butler has clear eyes and speaks plainly about complicated ...
“Dying peacefully in your own bed takes a lot of planning and preparation. Dying in an ICU, hooked up to machines, most often, is the accident.” I have said this repeatedly in my over 35 years as a nursing home, hospital and hospice chaplain. Katy Butler fleshes this out in "The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life."
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