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4 books that helped us understand death and dying

WRITTEN BY Shivani Ranchod

Every business should have a reading list, a pile of books to remind you why it is that you do what you do, to draw you back to a sense of meaning and narrative and to place your work in a larger context. For Swansong, the reading list centres on the notion of dying well. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters Most by Atul Gawande is the book that most strongly influenced my own thinking. I read it soon after…

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What is an advance care plan?

WRITTEN BY Swansong team

An advance care plan helps you do the job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you towards the end of your life.

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