With the End in Mind
Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
Kathryn Mannix
- For
- readers
- of
- Atul
- Gawande
- and
- Paul
- Kalanithi,
- a
- palliative
- care
- doctor's
- breathtaking
- stories
- from
- 30
- years
- spent
- caring
- for
- the
- dying.Modern
- medical
- technology
- is
- allowing
- us
- to
- live
- longer
- and
- fuller
- lives
- than
- ever
- before.
- And
- for
- the
- most
- part,
- that
- is
- good
- news.
- But
- with
- changes
- in
- the
- way
- we
- understand
- medicine
- come
- changes
- in
- the
- way
- we
- understand
- death.
- Once
- a
- familiar,
- peaceful,
- and
- gentle
- --
- if
- sorrowful
- --
- transition,
- death
- has
- come
- to
- be
- something
- from
- which
- we
- shield
- our
- eyes,
- as
- we
- prefer
- to
- fight
- desperately
- against
- it
- rather
- than
- accept
- its
- inevitability.Dr.
- Kathryn
- Mannix
- has
- studied
- and
- practiced
- palliative
- care
- for
- thirty
- years.
- In
- With
- the
- End
- in
- Mind
- ,
- she
- shares
- beautifully
- crafted
- stories
- from
- a
- lifetime
- of
- caring
- for
- the
- dying,
- and
- makes
- a
- compelling
- case
- for
- the
- therapeutic
- power
- of
- approaching
- death
- not
- with
- trepidation,
- but
- with
- openness,
- clarity,
- and
- understanding.Weaving
- the
- details
- of
- her
- own
- experiences
- as
- a
- caregiver
- through
- stories
- of
- her
- patients,
- their
- families,
- and
- their
- distinctive
- lives,
- Dr.
- Mannix
- reacquaints
- us
- with
- the
- universal,
- but
- deeply
- personal,
- process
- of
- dying.
- With
- insightful
- meditations
- on
- life,
- death,
- and
- the
- space
- between
- them,
- With
- the
- End
- in
- Mind
- describes
- the
- possibility
- of
- meeting
- death
- gently,
- with
- forethought
- and
- preparation,
- and
- shows
- the
- unexpected
- beauty,
- dignity,
- and
- profound
- humanity
- of
- life
- coming
- to
- an end.
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