Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care

This book isn’t about dying. It’s about life and what life has to teach us. It’s about caring and what giving care really means. 

In Awake at the Bedside, pioneers of palliative and end-of-life care as well as doctors, chaplains, caregivers and even poets offer wisdom that will challenge, uplift, comfort—and change the way we think about death. 

Equal parts instruction manual and spiritual testimony, it includes specific instructions and personal accounts to inspire, counsel, and teach. An indispensable resource for anyone involved in hospice work or caregiving of any kind.

Contributors include Anyen Rinpoche, Coleman Barks, Craig D. Blinderman, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Joshua Bright, Ira Byock, Robert Chodo Campbell, Rafael Campo, Ajahn Chah, Ram Dass, Kirsten DeLeo, Issan Dorsey, Mark Doty, Norman Fischer, Nick Flynn, Gil Fronsdal, Joseph Goldstein, Shodo Harada Roshi, Tony Hoagland, Marie Howe, Fernando Kawai, Michael Kearney, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Stanley Kunitz, Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Judy Lief, Betsy MacGregor, Diane E. Meier, W. S. Merwin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Frank Ostaseski, Rachel Naomi Remen, Larry Rosenberg, Rumi, Cicely Saunders, Senryu, Jason Shinder, Derek Walcott, Radhule B. Weininger.

• Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
• The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
• The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
• Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death
• Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
• Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
• The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work
• The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter
• Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
• Midwife for Souls: Spiritual Care for the Dying