Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live

A best-seller in France that has been translated into 15 languages. Tells us how to talk to anyone we care about who is dying -- how to help them & ourselves face the end squarely & with acceptance, & how to enrich our lives & bring back both peace & dignity to death. The author is a gifted psychologist who works as part of a team of doctors & nurses in a hospital for the terminally ill in Paris. We watch as she sometimes encourages her patients to release their fears & angers, sometimes providing a calm, comforting presence, or honest answers to difficult questions. We learn how deeply moving it can be to share the final days of a person's life with someone.