Handbook for Mortals

This online edition includes the full text of the Handbook for Mortals by Joanne Lynn, M.D. and Joan Harrold, M.D., an authoritative consumer guide to end-of-life care. For more information about the book, which you may also buy online, click here.



1.0 Living With Serious Illness
2.0 Enduring And Changing
3.0 Finding Meaning
4.0 Helping Family and Loved Ones
5.0 Getting the Help You Need
6.0 Talking With Your Doctor
7.0 Controlling Pain
8.0 Managing Other Symptoms
9.0 Learning About Specific Illnesses
10.0 Planning Ahead (Advance Care Planning)
11.0 Forgoing Medical Treatment
11.1 Tube Feeding (Fluids and Food)
11.2 Decisions About Resuscitation (CPR)
11.3 Decisions About Ventilation
12.0 Hastening Death
13.1 Coping With Events Near Death
13.2 Questions About Funerals
14.0 The Dying of Children
15.0 Dying Suddenly
16.0 Enduring Grief and Loss