Advice for the Dying (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death

Award-winning writer and nurse Sallie Tisdale provides a lyrical, thought-provoking, and practical perspective on death and dying in this frank, direct, and compassionate meditation on the inevitable. She explores the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd, and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dying and addresses the meaning of a good death, how to communicate with the dying, loved ones, doctors, and what to expect from the last months, days, and hours of life. This is essential reading for all of us.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2019
Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Award-winning author and nurse Sallie Tisdale provides a lyrical, thought-provoking, yet practical perspective on death and dying in this frank, direct, and compassionate meditation on the inevitable.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. More than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible, this is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world.

As Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd, and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dying, she also addresses the meaning of a good death, how to communicate with the dying, loved ones, doctors, and more, and what to expect, physically and emotionally, from the last months, days, and hours of life.

Beautifully written and compulsively readable, Advice for the Dying offers the resources and reassurance that we all need for planning the ends of our lives. It is essential reading for all of us.

Weight: 246g
Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781760632717
Edition number: Main