| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 341 pages ; 22 cm |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Death.
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Terminal care.
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Death (OCoLC)fst00888613
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Terminal care (OCoLC)fst01147835
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying.
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| Added Title |
Dying, death, and wisdom in an age of denial |
| ISBN |
9780316504485 (hardcover) |
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0316504483 (hardcover) |
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