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'This is an important book. It needs to be. Slowly, we are coming to realise that a life well lived might decently conclude with a death well and timely died.' (Terry Pratchett )
'Compelling' (Daily Mail )
'Impassioned and impressive' (Sunday Times )
'Comforting... Honest... It is a relief to have some of the private struggles of dealing with death brought out into the open. He is determined to tell it like it is.' (Daily Telegraph )
'a powerful, compassionate book, movingly illustrated (FT on Sunday )
'Tremendously uplifting ...deserves the widest readership' (News Talk )
'illuminating and helpful' (The Times )
'Compelling' (Daily Mail )
'Impassioned and impressive' (Sunday Times )
'Comforting... Honest... It is a relief to have some of the private struggles of dealing with death brought out into the open. He is determined to tell it like it is.' (Daily Telegraph )
'a powerful, compassionate book, movingly illustrated (FT on Sunday )
'Tremendously uplifting ...deserves the widest readership' (News Talk )
'illuminating and helpful' (The Times )
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Death is a subject modern society shies away from. Even doctors avoid the word. But if we regard death as a failure in our desire to prolong life, can we ever arrive at a humane approach to those whose lives have lost meaning? Are we keeping people alive simply because we can?
Here, John Humphrys and his co-author Dr Sarah Jarvis take a wider look at how our attitudes to death have changed as doctors have learned how to prolong life beyond anything that could have been imagined only a few generations ago, and confront one of the great challenges facing the western world today.
There are no easy answers but the first step must surely be to accept that death can be as welcome as it is inevitable.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
And who isn't? It may be not a book you might feel inclined to read if you are on the sunny shores of your 30's or 40's. If, however, you are like me in your mid-fifties and watching the rising tide either for yourself or a relative, it's a good piece of homework - and of ammunition to deal with the beauracracy of end-of-life treatment and death in or out of hospital - even your own if you are well enough prepared in advance. It tells you about Advanced Directions and Statements of Preference, and for that chapter alone it is worth the money so that you get peace of mind knowing what is going to happen to you when you are beyond consciousness. I think it whould be required reading for everyone who has a terminal illness before they get too ill to consider the implications, and when you consider that we are all suffering from a terminal illness ('cos none of us get out of here alive), then yes, it's a good read.
It's by no means a morbid book, is very well written and informative and not without its lighter moments. I found it compulsive reading, perhaps because my father is an Alzheimer's patient as was John's. I also lost my step-mother to cancer, and I wish I had had access to this book before in order to help and advise her.
Humphrys and Jarvis write from their own experiences, and although I'm sure there are other terminal illnesses and other circumstances under which people die or wish to be allowed to die, with a little tweaking here or there I think for the broader picture it paints that those others and their carers would appreciate the value of this book.
It's by no means a morbid book, is very well written and informative and not without its lighter moments. I found it compulsive reading, perhaps because my father is an Alzheimer's patient as was John's. I also lost my step-mother to cancer, and I wish I had had access to this book before in order to help and advise her.
Humphrys and Jarvis write from their own experiences, and although I'm sure there are other terminal illnesses and other circumstances under which people die or wish to be allowed to die, with a little tweaking here or there I think for the broader picture it paints that those others and their carers would appreciate the value of this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A well written book, easy to read & touching the subject which will affect us all. The medical input added extra credence & validity to this emotive story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I heard this book being talked about on BBC Radion 4; Dr Sarah Jarvis was being asked about her work. It was on Dr Jarvis' answers to the ethical and moral questions raised in the interview that made me buy this book. John Humphrys writes well but it was Dr Jarvis' sections that were the most informative. The book was a rapid and easy read, at times very sad and at others uplifting. I would recommend this book as an introduction to the idea of having a "good" death when suffering from a terminal illness. I felt it useful enough to pass on to colleagues.
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Oh Boy!
the most enlightening, moving book I have ever read. really makes you think about how we should spend our final days, buy it!
Published 16 months ago by Neil Hartshorne
the Welcome Visitor
This is a very good book it arrived in very good condition earlier than stated/ It is a very interesting book to read full of valuable information for anyone looking at care in... Read more
Published on 31 May 2010 by Mrs. Doreen Watkinson
An argument for Assisted Suicide
I found this very interesting although in principle I support the author's views. I have three comments - it is too dominated by cancer patients' problems - there are other long... Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by B. A. Smith
Doesn't tell us a lot
This book informed me that some people have a 'good death' and others don't. I was already aware of that fact. I found no helpful information in it at all.
Published on 24 Jun 2009 by Purpleormes
How to Proceed
Of value to see what lies ahead. A sound reassurance that it is OK to die and not to be afraid.
Published on 24 Jun 2009 by Mr. Peter Masting
this is an extremely interesting book
This extremely interesting book is well written and a very easy read, the subject (which is not mentioned nowadays) is important to everyone. Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by A. J. Trechmann
Helpful
This book is VERY helpful and reviews the unmentionable dying process ....a good read for anyone caring for the terminally ill..
Published on 4 May 2009 by Ms. S. Bryant
Dying well
I lost my mother suddenly and a few days later I heard John Humphreys interviewed on R4. What he said made some sense of my feeling that mum had been denied the sort of death she... Read more
Published on 2 May 2009 by Christine Allan
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