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"Beautifully written in clear and compassionate language, it covers all aspects of the journey that we all face ... a clear, concise travelling companion." --Felicity Warner, Hospice of the Heart and Soul Midwives.
"a major contribution to our understanding of the realities of dying ... easy to read and littered with richly evocative stories ... an excellent book and a valuable asset to all on the way to our common fate." --Professor Sheila Payne, Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK.
"This book will prove to be one of the most important published in 2010. No other book covers the area of dying, the importance of spiritual care, and how best to help relatives and friends, with such detail and clarity." --Dr Peter Fenwick, Author of 'The Art of Dying'
"a major contribution to our understanding of the realities of dying ... easy to read and littered with richly evocative stories ... an excellent book and a valuable asset to all on the way to our common fate." --Professor Sheila Payne, Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK.
"This book will prove to be one of the most important published in 2010. No other book covers the area of dying, the importance of spiritual care, and how best to help relatives and friends, with such detail and clarity." --Dr Peter Fenwick, Author of 'The Art of Dying'
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"The D-Word" is a practical guide to support relatives, friends and carers who are coping with the distress and anxiety of someone nearing the end of life, or who has suddenly died. Today, life-extending treatments have over-ridden care for the soul. Death is regarded as a medical failure, and usually hidden away in hospitals, hospices, nursing homes and mortuaries. We have lost the ability to talk openly about the end of life. It's frightening to know how to talk to a relative or friend who is dying, or to someone who has been suddenly bereaved but unless we confront this fear, important things can remain unsaid or incomplete, which often turns into unresolved grief, guilt and anger. Personal stories from people from all walks of life explore the different ways they have come to terms with the dying process or the sudden death of their spouse, partner, parent, friend or child, how they have confronted their fear of talking about it, and ways in which they found support during this very difficult time.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This really is a superb book, and not just for people facing their own death or that of someone close to them. It is helping me change my attitude towards mortality itself. I heartily recommend it, and hope it doesn't get buried in the plethora of "this book will change your life" half-baked stuff that is such a large part of "mind, body spirit" sections in our bookshops. The reports from the front line are really first rate, and it is intelligently and sensitively written, with a beautifully balanced feel about it - er, mostly. So - I'm sorry if this seems like carping, but I can't give 5 stars to it because it seriously under-represents the views of those with no faith, and genuine agnostics, and lacks reportage on how such people can be helped to face their end.
This isn't an insignificant flaw, I'm not just being picky. Apparently the 26th British Social Attitudes Survey found that 43% of the population is happy to self-define as non-religious. So why does this otherwise excellent book have the usual multi-faith perspective - Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist? Does the author think that atheists are all mindless hedonists with no need to explore the great mysteries and wonders of life and death, are already relxed about discussing death openly, have no need to go on the same journey towards living with death in their lives as religious people? Could she not find a humanist to give some perspective in chapter 4 from a non-religious viewpoint that yet embodied a supportive belief system?
Atheists and agnostics also seek higher truths and deeper meanings, and must deal with their mortality. This is not just a multi-faith country, as the author maintains at the start of chapter 4, this is a multi-faith and no faith country, if we take no faith simply to mean someone who doesn't follow a religious belief that offers an after-life. This is a brave, kindly and undogmatic book with a curious silence in it! Please give us a second edition that has a full perspective of views in it - then I'll give this ten stars.
This isn't an insignificant flaw, I'm not just being picky. Apparently the 26th British Social Attitudes Survey found that 43% of the population is happy to self-define as non-religious. So why does this otherwise excellent book have the usual multi-faith perspective - Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist? Does the author think that atheists are all mindless hedonists with no need to explore the great mysteries and wonders of life and death, are already relxed about discussing death openly, have no need to go on the same journey towards living with death in their lives as religious people? Could she not find a humanist to give some perspective in chapter 4 from a non-religious viewpoint that yet embodied a supportive belief system?
Atheists and agnostics also seek higher truths and deeper meanings, and must deal with their mortality. This is not just a multi-faith country, as the author maintains at the start of chapter 4, this is a multi-faith and no faith country, if we take no faith simply to mean someone who doesn't follow a religious belief that offers an after-life. This is a brave, kindly and undogmatic book with a curious silence in it! Please give us a second edition that has a full perspective of views in it - then I'll give this ten stars.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is essentially a radical book. It opens a deep discussion of issues surrounding death and dying in wholly digestible language with research-based information that encourages us to take a more personal approach to our dying friends and family - and, of course, our dead.
As an undertaker I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone involved with this end of life. If embraced it will - no doubt -make my job harder, as it will change our culture's current alienation from those who are dying to one of warm involvement, and personalised farewells.
As an undertaker I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone involved with this end of life. If embraced it will - no doubt -make my job harder, as it will change our culture's current alienation from those who are dying to one of warm involvement, and personalised farewells.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book tells you everything you wanted to know about the one thing we will all face. It's extremely easy to read, filled with good practical information, and helps anyone who is thinking about mortality. I have never read a book about this topic that is both so knowledgable and practical. It's not depressing at all - you are left with a sense that it is possible to die a good death.
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The D-Word
Excellent book, highly recommended. I was expecting a book on how to grieve but instead, it gave me something much more profound - how to talk about dying, how to discuss death... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kathryn Colas
Very readable
This book was very readable and very informative, covering many aspects that I had not considered before.
Published on 12 April 2010 by H. M. Davies
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