Loving Choices, Peaceful Passing: Why My Family Chose Hospice

"It's best when the family decides."

There is no guidebook on when, or how, to stop treatment of a terminal illness. Offered here is an intimate account of how the myriad end-of-life decisions affect a family. Bob Vallee had the courage to accept his impending death and lived out his final days at home in his daughter’s care. He passed peacefully, in his sleep, twenty-nine days after entering hospice.

At the heart of this deeply reflective narrative about choices in living and dying, the read...