Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Zen priest and anthropologist who has served on the faculty of Columbia University and the University of Miami School of Medicine. For the past thirty years she has worked with dying people and has lectured on the subject of death and dying at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Medical School, Georgetown Medical School, and many other academic institutions. In 1990, she founded Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist study and social action center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1994, she founded the Project on Being with Dying, which has trained hundreds of healthcare professionals in the contemplative care of dying people.
“A moving meditation on palliative care. . . . A supremely readable
book that will attract readers of all faiths who will appreciate
her clarity and compassion and the poignancy of these stories of
ordinary people facing their final hours with quiet courage.”
—Publishers Weekly
“This compelling, brave, and wise book draws from a lifetime of
remarkable work with people at the end of life.” —Andrew Weil,
MD
“Joan Halifax has a knack for straight talk and sublime insight—a
no-holds-barred approach to life’s greatest challenge, dying well.
This book beckons to those who dare, and those who care; it’s a
profound and practical guidebook to the inevitable final dance.”
—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
“This book is a gift of wisdom and practical guidance for living.”
—Ira Byock, MD, author of Dying Well and The Four Things That
Matter Most
"A moving meditation on palliative care. . . . A supremely readable
book that will attract readers of all faiths who will appreciate
her clarity and compassion and the poignancy of these stories of
ordinary people facing their final hours with quiet courage."
-Publishers Weekly
"This compelling, brave, and wise book draws from a lifetime of
remarkable work with people at the end of life." -Andrew Weil,
MD
"Joan Halifax has a knack for straight talk and sublime insight-a
no-holds-barred approach to life's greatest challenge, dying well.
This book beckons to those who dare, and those who care; it's a
profound and practical guidebook to the inevitable final dance."
-Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
"This book is a gift of wisdom and practical guidance for living."
-Ira Byock, MD, author of Dying Well and The Four Things
That Matter Most
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