The Art of Dying
eBook - ePub

The Art of Dying

Facing Your Own Death

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Art of Dying

Facing Your Own Death

About this book

" The Art of Dying speaks to modern readers with refreshing frankness and wit. It covers the subject thoroughly, from how to inform relatives of impending death, to coping with pain and fear, to death rituals, to preparing for a possible afterlife or, depending on one's viewpoint, the end of it all." — Publishers Weekly "Along with our caring presence, this book may be the finest gift we can give someone facing the last stage of life." —Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People "Dr. Weenolsen... doesn't duck the tough questions." —M. Brewster Smith, PhD, former president, American Psychological Association "This book gives the same things a good support group does—compassionate sympathy and practical advice for people sharing pain. It will be a godsend." —Rebecca Brown, author of Gifts of the Body "Begins with 'the day you receive the diagnosis' and the sudden realization that 'never again will you be as you were. Even if by some miracle you heal, it will be only temporary.' Weenolsen takes the panic and paralysis out of such news through wise, aggressive, no-holds-barred approaches." —Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle "A book everyone can benefit from reading." —Nancy Pearl, author of More Book Lust "Also for family and friends of dying persons, for professionals in the health-care fields, and for those who train them." —Hannelore Wass, PhD, founding editor, Death Studies

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. More Praise for The Art of Dying
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Epigraph
  9. Introduction
  10. 1: Preparing for death can Transform your Life
  11. 2: Cutting death down to size
  12. 3: Are you living or Dying? How PNI affects your Choice
  13. 4: What does your illness mean to you?
  14. 5: Should you tell others? How can you tell younger children?
  15. 6: Legal, Medical, and Financial Preparations: Psychospiritual Guidance
  16. 7: Coping Positively with daily Life
  17. 8: Betrayed by the Body: Disability, Disfigurement, and Stigma
  18. 9: Twenty-Seven Rules for dying the “right way”: one rule for dying your way!
  19. 10: Power over Pain
  20. 11: How to be in a support group: the “not-expected-to-live club”
  21. 12: Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster
  22. 13: Aid-in-dying: Do you want it?
  23. 14: Where will you Die? Who will care for you?
  24. 15: Controlling the Uncontrollable
  25. 16: Retaining your Identity
  26. 17: When you don’t want to forgive
  27. 18: Transcending the loss of all you love
  28. 19: It doesn’t have to be yours (and it never was)
  29. 20: What’s left Undone
  30. 21: Creating life meaning from despair
  31. 22: Our great value as dying people: Teaching others by how we die
  32. 23: Rituals and myths for the end of life
  33. 24: Belief in an afterlife is a choice
  34. 25: Planning your Eternal Future
  35. 26: Enhancing your Spiritual Development
  36. 27: What is it like to die?
  37. Notes and Resources
  38. Index
  39. Acknowledgments
  40. Copyright Page