🆕 blog! “Book Review: With the End in Mind - Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix”
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Is it possible to "die well"? We have midwives for births, should we have "deathwives" for the other end of our lives? I think this book was recommended to me in the depths of the pandemic. I was too much of…
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@Edent I've heard her on Radio4 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nnqlj for example) and she always sounded very reassuring, very sensible... will add that to the list (points duly noted tho)
@Edent I guess we sort of have “deathwives” in the form of hospice nurses?
I have a close family member who is nearing the end of their life, and I’m gobsmacked how much assistance we’re being offered, and how caring it is.
With all the NHS cuts, I grateful they're still managing to treat those at the ends of their lives with so much love and dignity.
