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With the end in mind, dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial, Kathryn Mannix

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With the end in mind, dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial, Kathryn Mannix

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

With the end in mind

Oclc number

1017989663

Responsibility statement

Kathryn Mannix

Sub title

dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial

Summary

A palliative care physician draws on stories from her own practice to explain how to enable a gentle and peaceful death and how modern medicine, augmented by traditional palliative approaches, can restore dignity, humanity, and meaning to the end of life

Table Of Contents

Patterns. Unpromising beginnings ; French resistance ; Tiny dancer ; Wrecking ball ; Last waltz ; Pause for thought: Patterns -- My way. That is the question ; Never let me go ; Hat ; Take my breath away ; Pause for thought: My way -- Naming death. Second-hand news ; Slipping through my fingers ; Talking about the unmentionable ; The sound of silence ; Every breath you take (I'll be watching you) ; Beauty and the Beast ; Pause for thought: Naming death -- Looking beyond the now. In the kitchen at parties ; Please release me--A side ; Please release me--B side ; Travel plans ; With love from me to you ; Pause for thought: Looking beyond the now -- Legacy. Something unpredictable ; The year of the cat ; Post-mortem ; Needles and pins ; Lullaby ; Pause for thought: Legacy -- Transcendence. Musical differences ; Deep dreams ; De profundis ; Perfect day ; "Only the good die young" ; Pause for thought: Transcendence -- Last words

Target audience

adult

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Dying, death, and wisdom in an age of denial

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