Palliative care involves having honest, meaningful conversations about death in advance. Talking with patients and family/whanau reduces stress, as well as the risk of a complicated grieving process. In this authoritative book, Janet A. Whiteside, a 27- year palliative care specialist, recounts stories and experiences of the human kind, and raw, unadulterated encounters, paying tribute to the human spirit. Janet speaks from the heart, uncompromising yet offering hope, transparency and truth through the lens of the 'lived experience'. For patients and family/whanau preparing for end of life, Deeper Engagement: A Conversation Worth Dying For provides the comfort and the knowledge so often sought.