Conversations on Dying

A Palliative-Care Pioneer Faces His Own Death

Phil Dwyer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2016
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3193-6 (ISBN)

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Two men face two very different deaths: One, a renowned palliative care doctor, grapples with the reality he helped so many to confront. The other, an ordinary man, faces an ordinary death. Conversations on Dying is a compelling portrayal of two final journeys that challenges you to ask, “What death would I choose?”

The story of the end-of-life experience of a palliative care physician who helped thousands of patients to die well.

We all die. Most of us spend the majority of our lives ignoring this uncomfortable truth, but Dr. Larry Librach dedicated his life and his career to helping his patients navigate their final journey. Then, in April 2013, Larry was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

Unlike the majority of us, Larry knew the death he wanted. He wanted to die at home, surrounded by his family: his wife of forty years, his children, and his grandchildren. He did. He was peaceful and calm at the end. Larry proved that the “good death” isn’t a myth. It can be done, and he showed us how.

Ever the teacher, Larry made his last journey a teachable moment on how to die the best death possible, even with a pernicious disease. As hard as it is to guide patients toward dying well, it is far harder to live those precepts day by day as the clock ticks down to one’s own death, but Larry, together with author Phil Dwyer, chronicled his final journey with courage and humour.

Phil Dwyer’s journalism, essays, travel writing, and fiction have been published in over fifteen international titles, including The Financial Times, The Times (of London), and the Globe and Mail. He is an alumnus of the Humber School for Writers. He lives in Toronto.

Contents

Chapter 1: Proposal
Chapter 2: Origins
Chapter 3: Bed
Chapter 4: Diagnosis
Chapter 5: Food
Chapter 6: Procedures
Chapter 7: Donkey Derby
Chapter 8: Callous
Chapter 9: Song
Chapter 10: Burden
Chapter 11: Hospice
Chapter 12: Treatment
Chapter 13: Home
Chapter 14: Grief
Chapter 15: The War on Cancer
Chapter 16: Chemoland
Chapter 17: Blockage
Chapter 18: Walk
Chapter 19: Stoic
Chapter 20: Hope
Chapter 21: Alive
Chapter 22: Narrative
Chapter 23: Cure
Chapter 24: Funeral
Acknowledgements

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.6.2016
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
ISBN-10	1-4597-3193-X / 145973193X
ISBN-13	978-1-4597-3193-6 / 9781459731936
Zustand	Neuware