The way we die now

by O'Mahony, Seamus

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Title Statements

Full title :The way we die now / Seamus O'Mahony.

Summary

We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahoney's thoughtful, moving and unforgettable book on the western way of death. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Head of Zeus
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 292 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1784974269, 9781784974268
oclc:ocn922562262
LC Classification:HQ1073
Dewey Decimal:306.9

What do I know -- Hidden death -- A hesitation to be die -- Deathology -- Celebrity cancer ward -- A passion for control -- To philosophize is to learn how to die -- Live for ever -- Creatureliness.

Subjects

Attitude to Death Death -- Psychological aspects Death -- Social aspects Death -- Sociological aspects Gesellschaft Hospice Care Malades en phase terminale -- Soins à d… Medizin Mort -- Aspect psychologique Mort -- Aspect social Mort -- Aspect sociologique Palliativtherapie Soins en phase terminale Terminal Care Terminally Ill -- care Tod