La morte e il morire

To begin this review, an important quote about the way we train doctors to interact with patients: "What happens in a society that puts more emphasis on IQ and class-standing than on simple matters of tact, sensitivity, perceptiveness, and good taste in the management of the suffering? In a professio Leggi tutto

"It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive." Main Highlight of this book This book delves into the five stages of grief that individuals often go through when facing their own mortality or the loss of a loved one. Kübler-Ross st Leggi tutto

It took me a while to get through this one for obvious reasons. I kind of got through most of the sections as I was going through them, although I am still in the middle of this process and reading of the whole process is beginning to help. Grief is not a straight line but rather a series of knots t Leggi tutto

افرادی که برای ماندن در کنار بیمار رو به مرگ از قدرت و عشقی آنچنانی برخوردار باشند، در این لحظه، لحظه‌ای که سکوت از واژگان درمی‌گذرد خواهند دید که واقعه نه ترسناک است و نه دردناک، بلکه فقط توقف آرام کارکرد جسم آدمی‌ست. تماشای مرگ یک انسان، آدمی را به یاد شهاب ثاقب می‌اندازد، یکی از میلیون‌ها نقطه‌ی Leggi tutto

This book and the research behind it clearly were revolutionary and in some ways have not yet had sufficient impact on the practice of medicine. The topic is extremely important, and many concepts put forward here have become heuristics of medical education about how to talk to dying patients (e.g., Leggi tutto