End of Life Expert Shares 15 Practical Suggestions for Making Dying Easier

San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2009 --(PR.com)-- As millions watched the service for Eunice Shriver, they heard her daughter Maria say, "If you had told me that at the age of 52, I would finally get up the nerve to crawl into bed with my mother, hold her, and tell her that I love her, I would have said you were nuts." Maria Shriver echoes the concern of millions who don't know what to do as a loved one is dying. The concern is heightened by the discussion on health care reform and “death panels.”

Stan Goldberg, Ph.D., author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life offers readers and listeners 15 simple things that can make the deaths of loved ones easier. The suggestions are based on his seven years as a hospice bedside volunteer where he helped more than 250 children and adults to die. He currently volunteers with Pathways Home Health and Hospice. His article, in examiner.com Eunice Shriver. A lesson in dying for loved ones will be discussed this week on the following radio shows:

August 21, Friday 12:00 (PCT) Sound Authors
August 22, Saturday 3:30 pm (PCT) Coping With Caregiving
August 23, Sunday 6:00pm (PCT) KDKA 1020am

Dr. Goldberg is a Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University, prostate cancer survivor, and was named 2009 Volunteer of the Year by the Hospice Volunteer Association. He has written extensively on end of life issues, loss, and grief. He also is the death and dying expert on examiner.com-San Francisco. He has authored 7 books, numerous articles, and lectured throughout the United States, Central America, Europe, and Asia.

He is available for media interviews and authoring of articles on end of life, change, and loss. He lives in San Francisco with his wife of 39 years.

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