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Hospice Mementos: A Salutation to Dawn    by Dr. Francis Martin
Price: $4.99 USD. 36600 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on June 22, 2010. .

Dr. Francis Martin, drew on his experiences as a mental health counselor, health care administrator, and a volunteer at Nashville's Alive Hospice in writing Hospice Mementos. The text offers firm and solid inspiration to those who serve hospice patients and their families. The message to them is, “Thank you for your loyalty and service to someone who is important to you.”
Reflections at Sunrise    by Sandra Dorsett
Price: Free! 2210 words. Published on November 30, 2010. .

The morning dawned cold and crisp. I'd lain awake for hours, overcome with grief and loss. Something compelled me to crawl from the warmth of my bed and find pen and paper. I will always cherish the closeness I felt to my husband that morning as I poured out my heart. It was as though he was there beside me as I wrote the words that became my lifeline and brought proof that love survives death.
Pulmonary Fibrosis: Coping With a Terminal Disease    by Robert Post
Price: $2.99 USD. 6780 words. Published on April 11, 2011. .

Pulmonary Fibrosis: Coping With a Terminal Disease by Robert Post What do you do when you learn you have Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal disease for which there is presently no cure? The author relates his personal experience and explains how he has learned to cope with the disease, products and methods he uses for maintaining health and combating progression of the disease.
Living Wills: VA Guide on How to Prepare a Personalized Living Will, Planning for Medical Decisions - Your Life, Your Choices - Choices About Death and Dying, Advance Directive, Power of Attorney    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 16080 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .

This workbook provides detailed advice about preparing living wills and advance directives, with information about potential illnesses and medical events such as terminal illness, advanced cancer, coma, stroke, and dementia.
The Closing    by Jenny Chava Hudson
Price: $7.00 USD. 57810 words. Published on July 6, 2011. .

What would you do if you had a terminal illness? Ann and Trudy help people sell their houses and offer "special services" to help them die, but things get complicated when Ann becomes smitten with the son of one of their clients.
WHEN YOU ARE DYING: A Personal Exploration of Life, Suffering and Belief, Additional Chapters    by Philip Wetherell
Price: Free! 40760 words. Published by Gilead Books Publishing  on July 12, 2011. .

‘This book is a thoughtful reflection on the encounter with dying and death and the issues they raise about faith in God. I strongly recommend it for personal and group reflection.’ Kenneth Leech
Sea Foam and Blood    by Amy Laurens
Price: $0.99 USD. 3670 words. Published on July 16, 2011. .

For Adelaide, hope appears in the form of the Pegasus myth come to life.
Murder    by Amy Laurens
Price: $0.99 USD. 1550 words. Published on July 17, 2011. .

When black Labrador Abbi learns that her rabbit friend Zac isn't getting better like she thought he was, she's horrified. But she's even more horrified when she hears his final request. Can friendship overcome instinct?
La Mosca    by Charlie Dickinson
Price: Free! 4260 words. Published on July 18, 2011. .

An e-chapbook of a short story nominated for e-2-ink's 2002 Best of Web: A retired schoolteacher faces bad news from her doctor, but keeps busy and sees her aging car brought into smog compliance. Soon, she's off to a meditation center in California and driving to the airport, she recalls four Bolivian climbers who ascended skyscrapers with no ropes, only their hands and feet ....
Don't Die without Me!    by Damiano de Sano Iocovozzi
Price: $0.99 USD. 18810 words. Published by Transformation Media Books  on November 14, 2011. .

"Don't Die Without Me!" provides the pertinent questions to ask medical specialists written in a way the reader and provider understand. It empowers patients and their families to seek the appropriate level of care during the diagnosis phase of a serious or terminal illness and remain sane, rational and in control.