At the Close of Day a Person Centered Guide Book on End of Life Care

This book was written by a physician and an ethicist/pastor. It is designed to help the lay person understand and work through the dying process. By helping the reader to create a well designed end-of-life plan, the book serves as a valuable resource and has already helped many people to reduce fear, pain, and chaos often present during the dying process. It is also well-suited for healthy people who are thinking ahead about end-of-life documentation and planning.

Lance Davis, MD, MPH is a family physician with an extensive emergency medicine background. After being involved with care of the dying many times and realizing that there is a lack of good guidance for the lay person, Dr. Davis committed to developing this book. He began to orchestrate the project in early in 2001, while continuing a full time practice of medicine..

Rev. Albert Keller is former hospital chaplain, a professor of ethics, and a church pastor. He has over 30 years of experience counseling patients and families regarding death and dying. He was instrumental to brining hospice to his city and continues to teach medical students and resident physicians.