DEATH HAS MANY SONGS:

AN INNOVATIVE, LOVING GUIDE

TO DEALING WITH END-OF-LIFE ISSUES

by Aundrea

 

 

Translated in toGrade II Braille

By

Nadine Riches

Melbourne, Australia

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

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CONTENTS

 

DEDICATION: V

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: VII

 

INTRODUCTION: IX

 

PROLOGUE: HELPING MAMA DIE. DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS WOMEN XIII

 

CHAPTER ONE: WHAT IS A LIVING WILL? 1

 

CHAPTER TWO: NEVER MIND THE LIGHTS. WHERE ARE THE CABINETS IN THIS HOUSE? 29

CHAPTER 3 HOW TO BE A GOOD PATIENT. HOW TO BE A GOOD CAREGIVER 41

 

CHAPTER FOUR: COMMENTS ON GRIEF: 63

 

CHAPTER FIVE: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOSPICE 71

 

CHAPTER SIX: CHANGING DOCTORS MIGHT CHANGE YOUR LIFE 79

 

CHAPTER SEVEN: VISITS FROM THE OTHER SIDE 85

 

CHAPTER EIGHT: LISTEN TO YOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS. EVERYBODY HAS THEM 101

 

EPILOGUE 117

 

APPENDIX A: STEP-BY-STEP LIVING WILLS 123

 

APPENDIX B: MAMA’S DYING THINGY 141

 

APPENDIX C: ADVOCACY GROUPS, NOT MIRACLE WORKERS 145

 

SUGGESTED READING LIST 151

 

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