terminally ill

On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.

A fictionalized account of the life of Henry Stuart that recounts Henry's reaction to the news he has less than a year to live, and his desire to create a utopian society in Alabama.

Dr. Schilling, dying in his rural Louisiana home in the late 1940s, frets about the choices he has made in his life, and regrets the collapse of his family.

Hospice nurse Maggie Callanan shares the lessons she has learned about how to offer comfort and care to loved ones in their final days.

"Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark upon an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing, but when diagnosed with a terminal illness, he's willing to take an insane gamble. He's built a time machine in his garage, and if it works, he'll face a world that challenges his understanding of what it means to be human, what it takes to love, and the cost of paradise. He could find more than the cure for his illness; he might what everyone has been searching for since time began...but only if he can survive Hollow World."-- page 4 of cover.

A collection of six essays which celebrate the help of hospice workers at the end of an individual's life.

Explains a cognitive therapy approach to help patients with chronic or terminal illnesses, discussing the Cognitive Coping Therapy (CCT) model and its three distinct phases, and describing the tasks and coping skills with case illustrations.

After her father's accidental death, Alex refocuses on her family life only to learn that her friend, Becca, is dying of cancer, a situation that compels Alex to help Becca complete a bucket list.

A father tells of his daughter, born with cystic fibrosis.