Introduction: home death: a return to tradition -- Taking the patient home to die -- Strangers in the home: the use of formal support -- Caregiving -- Social support -- The well-being of the caregiver -- Planning for death and remembrance -- Challenging situations: slowing or hastening death? -- Demystifying death -- Conclusion: living while dying -- Appendix A. Tasks and challenges of caregiving -- Appendix B. Resources -- Appendix C. Legal issues -- Appendix D. Next-step planning after death -- Appendix E. Medical aid in dying -- Appendix F. Pain at the end of life.
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