Listen to Dr. Gross’ public radio pre-recorded podcast series Dying To Talk, where she and her guests create a safe space to transform the experience of end-of-life conversations from dread to discovery.
Resources
We hope you use, enjoy and find the resources and tools listed on this page valuable. They are being provided to help stimulate, expand and support a lifetime of dialoguing.
Resources to help you “Dyalogue”
Dying to Talk Radio
CODA Alliance
The Coda Alliance is dedicated to helping you comfortably deal with one of life’s most difficult situations and empowers easier, early end-of-life conversations.
Go Wish Cards and other Advanced Planning Resources.
The Conversation Project
Tool kits for Advanced Care Planning and Healthcare Proxy.
Caring Info
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Provides free resources to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services before a crisis, including free downloads to state specific Advance Care Directives.
Prepare For Your Care
Advanced Care Planning videos and conversation aids.
My Lasting Letters
A letter midwife, helping people craft messages that will last long after they’re gone.
RecordMeNow
An app to leave free recorded legacy messages for loved ones.
The Stanford Letter Project
Tools to help you write letters about your wishes for care in the future, to create your Advance Care Directive, and much more.
Films, Documentaries and Books
Extremis
Short documentary film following the doctors, families, and patients, as they make end-of-life decisions. Available on Netflix.
Being Mortal, Medicine and What Matters in the End
Book by Atul Gawande
Checklist for My Family, A Guide to My History, Financial Plans, and Final Wishes
Book by Sally Balch Hurme (AARP)
Dying to Make A Difference
Book by Mary E. Matthiesen
The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care
Book by Angelo E. Volandes M.D.
Bridging The Gap - Life Lessons from the Dying
Book by Kimberly Paul
The Four Things that Matter: A Book about Living
Book by Ira Byock
The Last Acts of Kindness: Lessons for the Living from the Besides of the Dying
Book by J. Redwing Keyssar, RN