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"For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and...
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The prospect of death requires more than messages that console us or philosophies that immunize us from its actual implications. Whether you are approaching your own death, facing the death of a loved-one, or are simply wanting to understand the purpose of this brief and mortal life, you will find unique and transformative help in these pages. Easy Death-described by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross as a "masterpiece"-offers real wisdom from one who is...
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Long out of print, this book was written by a prominent physician to reassure the many 19th century people who were worried about being buried aliveOne of the authors himself had a narrow escape with live burial, as his collaborator writes: "Dr. Vollum first became interested in the important question of Premature Burial in consequence of his own very narrow escape from live sepulture, having been pronounced dead from drowning,...
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Au Québec, la formation pratique occupe une place centrale dans le parcours scolaire des étudiants en travail social. Elle se situe au cœur du processus d'intégration théorie-pratique et s'avère essentielle au développement de praticiens réflexifs, engagés et critiques. L'accompagnement en formation pratique est complexe, notamment au regard de ses enjeux, diversité des lieux de stage, nombre élevé d'acteurs impliqués, situation de vulnérabilité...
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Very often, when the subject of funerals comes up, the direction of the conversation tends to lead people to discuss what they would want for their own funeral. "I just want a big party," "I'd really like Father Patrick to perform the Mass," "I want to be buried in my Vikings jersey." People frequently have very specific wishes that never become more concrete than being briefly mentioned in these conversations. It is amazing how a little bit of thought...
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Jacob James discusses the most terrifying subject of all time in this chilling essay. While it is the most normal part of life, it still remains to be the most feared. Billions around the world try to avoid it at all cost, but in the end there is no escaping the reality of death.
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Thoughtful, amusing, and provocative, Making an Exit will transform the way you look at life's last passage. Because, as Murray discovers, death is, for many, not an ending but the start of something new.
Author and journalist Sarah Murray never gave much thought to what might ultimately happen to her remains-that was, until her father died. While he'd always insisted that the "organic matter" left after a person takes their last breath had no significance,...
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"The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips.The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it, it is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love."Thus Octavio Paz describes a cultural phenomenon that has for centuries fascinated scholars and aficionados of virtually every field of Mexican studies, "el culto a la muerte," the cult of...
10) Milepost 271
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Inspired by true events
How many times have you been driving along and suddenly see a makeshift cross, a fence post or a milepost with flowers hanging on it, a sign that some poor soul had found their way there, only to find the ever after?
I have wondered countless times in countless places traveling alone, and see a lone cross on the side of the road, wondering what kind of life brought some wayward soul to this spot sometimes so desolate, why...
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David Welborn has a unique profession. He transports the dead from where they fell, and in whatever condition they passed. Car accidents, suicides, homicides, and drug overdoses become common place for him as he grapples these horrors. He soon realizes that this tight knit profession is unknown to most of the world. Few people think of who gathers the deceased when they see a fatal car accident or hear of a murder. Often sent on the worst of the worst...
14) Eutanasia
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¿Qué es la eutanasia?
¿Cuáles son sus consecuencias?
¿Cómo saber si un tratamiento es proporcionado?
¿Qué significa "estado vegetativo"?
¿Para qué sufrir?
Desde su contacto diario con el dolor, el autor trata sobre la muerte, los trasplantes de órganos, la sedación, el coma y el estado vegetativo, los sentimientos del enfermo terminal y de su familia, los deseos del paciente, el ensañamiento terapéutico, el suicidio asistido y los cuidados...
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Within most disciplines, there are those who are recognized by their colleagues as being exceptionally competent practitioners. These individuals do their work in such a remarkable way as to become a model for others. This book is based on a study of the beliefs, actions, and interactions of a group of extraordinary oncology nurses-the people their peers would choose to have care for them if they were diagnosed with cancer. Perry's weaving of interviewee's...
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La muerte es una realidad personal ineludible, está presente en la violencia cotidiana, las catástrofes naturales, las enfermedades, los accidentes y suicidios, dejando generalmente un dolor profundo e inestabilidad en la salud emocional y física del sobreviviente, el duelo, sin duda, genera cambios en el doliente, es una experiencia, en mayor o menor medida, transformadora de su realidad: de sus relaciones consigo mismo y con el entorno. Estas...
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Christine Hartmann's mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the date on, which to end her life. And, her next step was to tell her daughter all about it. For twenty years, Irmgard maintained an unwavering goal, to commit suicide at age seventy. She managed her chronic hypertension, stayed healthy and active,...
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Douglas realizó la labor de investigación de los ritos funerarios en Murélaga que sustenta la presente obra, ya un verdadero clásico, guiado por su convencimiento de que "en la sociedad vasca, las respuestas individuales y colectivas a la crisis causada por una muerte ocurrida en la comunidad son tan complejas y ocupan una posición tan destacada en la visión que del mundo tienen los actores, que nos autorizan a diferenciar en el sistema de valores...
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In this memoir, THE CAPITAL OF PARADISE, author Mark A. Taylor turns his uncompromising inquiry on himself and views his life from a shocking new perspective: he is dying of terminal cancer. Sweep across the landscape of his life and adventures as he struggles to understand life before death.
Catch-out on the next open freight car, hitchhike across the country in March of a lost Amerika, and go underground to expose a world-famous religious charlatan...
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¿Por qué? fue la pregunta, sin respuesta, incontestable, testaruda, constantemente reiterada en boca de aquel padre, mientras su mirada acechaba, incrédula, el rostro lívido de su hija, dieciocho años, recién fallecida de forma absurda e imprevista. Su eco, flotando en el ambiente, conmocionó al autor de este libro, hace más de cincuenta años, y alumbró en él su vocación por entender el misterio de la muerte. Vivir la muerte garantiza...
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