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With The End In Mind: Dying, Death And Wisdom In An Age Of Denial
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In this unprecedented book palliative medicine pioneer Dr Kathryn Mannix explores the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share death A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Told through a series of beautifully crafted stories taken from nearly four decades of clinical practice her book answers the most intimate questions about the process of dying with touching honesty and humanity She makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation but with openness clarity and understandingWith the End in Mind is a book for us all the grieving and bereaved ill and healthy Open these pages and you will find stories about people who are like you and like people you know and love You will meet Holly who danced her last day away; Eric the retired head
teacher who even with Motor Neurone Disease gets things done; loving tender-hearted Nelly and Joe each living a lonely lie to save their beloved from distress; and Sylvie 19 dying of leukaemia sewing a cushion for her mum to hug by the fire after she has diedThese are just four of the book&s thirty-odd stories of normal humans dying normal human deaths They show how the dying embrace living not because they are unusual or brave but because that&s what humans do By turns touching tragic at times funny and always wise they offer us illumination models for action and hopeRead this book and you&ll be better prepared for life as well as death
teacher who even with Motor Neurone Disease gets things done; loving tender-hearted Nelly and Joe each living a lonely lie to save their beloved from distress; and Sylvie 19 dying of leukaemia sewing a cushion for her mum to hug by the fire after she has diedThese are just four of the book&s thirty-odd stories of normal humans dying normal human deaths They show how the dying embrace living not because they are unusual or brave but because that&s what humans do By turns touching tragic at times funny and always wise they offer us illumination models for action and hopeRead this book and you&ll be better prepared for life as well as death
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