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With the End in Mind
- Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Carling, Kathryn Mannix
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
What colour is cancer? Why do some people appear to have made miraculous recoveries? How can you tell when someone is in the final hours of their life? How can we ensure our most vulnerable are treated with the dignity they deserve?
In this unprecedented memoir, a palliative medicine pioneer explores the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share: death. Kathryn Mannix immortalises the thousands of men and women she has seen off. These unforgettable stories send an urgent message to the living, answering all our questions about the end-of-life process with touching honesty and humanity.
Drawing on four decades of experience studying and practicing palliative care, Mannix shows us what happens when people are approaching the end of their lives: how they cope, how they live, what matters most, how dying evolves, what a deathbed is like and how families react.
Kathryn Mannix's stories, although drawn from her clinical practice, are those of our friends, our family, our partners. We learn about the body language of death through a young mother who raves the night away before falling into a forever slumber. The psychology of death, too, is illuminated, as with the endearing story of Sanjeev, an elderly man admitted to the hospital who is convinced he is on a night train to Delhi where he will meet his parents in the morning. A husband asks the doctor not to tell his wife of the fatality of her condition - the wife later confesses to having kept her husband in the dark about the finality of her illness to preserve him. These meditations tells us everything about the dying and their loved ones.
With the End in Mind is a book for all of us: the grieving and bereaved, ill and healthy. It is also an insight into palliation as a mixture of teamwork with clinical detective work to find the origins of patients' symptoms in order offer the best possible living conditions towards the end. Mannix argues that with planning, honesty and information, death doesn't have to be either painful or terrifying. With at-times funny, poignant and always wise storytelling about how people die, Mannix has written a book of immense power and importance.
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- Chris
- 24-04-20
What a Beautiful Book
I really enjoyed this beautiful book and the reader was very engaging. It has given me lots of food for thought
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- mrs deborah dolby
- 05-02-20
Life Changing
The perspective we all need
I totally understand how important it is to talk about dying
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- Emma W
- 25-02-20
A must for anyone to read, particularly if you work within the healthcare profession
A must for anyone to read in the healthcare profession. Absolutely beautiful book! Makes you appreciate how lucky we are and just how fragile life can be. A big help for any healthcare professional when explaining or dealing with patients towards the end of life. Equally anyone with a fear of dying or themselves nearing the end of life, I am sure would also gain comfort from this lovely book.
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- Ibeme
- 12-02-19
We need to talk about this.
This is undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read or listened to. The information that I have taken from this wonderful book I am using in my own life and my profession to have better end-of-life conversations. I feel much more confident now holding these conversations where as before I knew I needed to have them but I didn't know how to. Kathryn explains the process of dying and I now realise what a beautiful thing it can be. The way she gently takes her patients through the process of end of life is stunning. I hope to carry this with me in my personal life and in my profession. I highly recommend that any health and social care professionals read this book and allow it to become part of their daily practice. I urge everyone to read this book and to think about their own end of life and to have these conversations with their loved ones. No one should suffer at the end of life - this books shows you how not to.
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- Ali
- 11-04-20
An interesting read
I found this book really useful as I work with people facing their mortality and it gave me insight into different approaches and individual responses. well worth a read!
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- evgenia
- 03-08-22
Forever grateful.
Having found this book while looking for some kind of comfort, possibly reassurance having to watching mom losing her battle with cancer, I discovered more than just a guidance. It seems I gained a friend and a feeling of not being alone. Of not failing in "saving" mom mother's life. For the very first time in many months I was able to look at myself and my mom without feeling lost and defeated. Thank you. This book is a life saver.
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- Alison W.
- 24-11-22
The end in mind
Brilliantly written and so helpful, eye opening and reassuring, reducing the fears of dieing, thank you
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- Frank Baker
- 22-12-22
Thought Provoking
Surprisingly compelling listen encouraging the listener, through a variety of sensitivity portrayed case studies and observations, to revisit commonly held beliefs and approaches. I found myself regretting dismissing my mother's attempts to discuss her concerns about 'after she was gone'. My unwillingness to contemplate the event, I now appreciate, probably made her situation more frustrating - feeling unheard. End of life should be about living AND dying well. This book is helpful to open up much needed conversations and encourage true understanding of the individuals wants and needs and ease the bereavement process.
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- Rachael MacDonald
- 12-01-23
Powerful read
Wonderful book thoroughly recommend it
Though provoking and very powerful
Loved it
The author shares so much knowledge and understanding of the end of life care
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- Bridget
- 03-08-22
much needed
Such a gentle and helpful book dealing with one of the most difficult rights of passage.
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