Table of Contents

How Will They Know If I'm Dead: Transcending Disablity and Terminal Illness 

About the Author ........................................................................ ix

Foreword by C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D   ............................ xi

Preface by David Richardson.................................................... xiii

Acknowledgments....................................................................... xv

Introduction .................................................................................. xvii

Part One: Living Life .................................................................. 1

            Chapter 1 Prelude to a Decision .................................. 3

            Chapter 2 Attitude Adjustment ...................................... 13

Part Two: Choosing Life............................................................. 17

            Chapter 3            Dealing with the Downhill................... 19

            Chapter 4     This is the Good News’? .......................... 33

            Chapter 5            Coping I: Amazing Technology ......... 37

            Chapter 6            Coping II: Wondrous People ............. 51

Part Three: Affirming Life ............................................................ 61

            Chapter 7 Shift Change! ................................................. 63

            Chapter 8 Reaching without Arms ................................. 77

In Place of a Conclusion .............................................................. 95

  Getting On with the Business of Living ..................................... 97

Appendix ....................................................................................... 103

Selected, Annotated Bibliography ............................................. 141