With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

Despite the inevitability of death, people in Western society often have difficulty discussing and confronting the subject. Having worked with terminally ill patients throughout her career, Kathryn Mannix presents her experiences through more than 30 touching and humorous stories that demonstrate how varied the end can be. She aims to encourage readers to approach death with openness and understanding, and to make the most of their own lives while they can.

Kathryn Mannix

William Collins

"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 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 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 understanding. With 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 died. These 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 hope. Read this book and you ll be better prepared for life as well as death. "

With the End in Mind : How to Live and Die Well

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

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With the End in Mind, On Grief and Grieving, Being Mortal 3 Books Collection Set

Self-Help

ATUL GAWANDE

Death & Grief

William Collins/Simon & Schuster UK/Profile Books Ltd

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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.\nListen: 
A child coming out to their parent. A family losing someone to terminal illness. A friend noticing the first signs of someone’s dementia. A careers advisor and a teenager with radically different perspectives. There are moments when we must talk, listen and be there for one another. Why do we so often come away from those times feeling like we could have done more, or should have been braver in the face of discomfort? Why do we skirt the conversations that might matter most?

Kathryn Mannix 2 Books Collection Set (With the End in Mind, Listen)

Little, Brown Spark/William Collins Ltd

Think Faster Talk Smarter, Listen, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone & How to Talk to Anyone 4 Books Collection Set

LORI GOTTLIEB

Leil Lowndes

Matt Abrahams

Health, Fitness & Dieting

S&s/Simon Element/William Collins/Scribe/HarperElement Ltd

The Way Out, Different, Not Less & With the End in Mind 3 Books Collection Set

Chloé Hayden

Alan Gordon, Alon Ziv

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Avery/Murdoch Books/William Collins Ltd

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