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A review by crzydjm
With the End in Mind: dying, death, and wisdom in an age of denial by Kathryn Mannix
5.0
I did my best to jot down notes while reading this but at a certain point I just let go of my mental engagement and embraced the emotion that comes with reading about death. That being said, the notes that I actually DID get down are as follows;
- It is the fact that every day counts us down that makes each one such a gift. There are only two days with fewer than twenty-four hours in each lifetime, sitting like bookends astride our lives: one is celebrated every year, yet it is the other that makes us see living as precious.
- Reclaiming the language of illness and dying enables us to have simple, unambiguous conversations about death. Allowing each other to discuss dying, rather than treating the D-words as magic ciphers that may cause harm merely by being spoken aloud, can support a dying person in anticipating the last part of their living, in planning ahead in order to prepare their loved ones for bereavement, and can bring the notion of death as the thing that happens at the end of every life back into the realm of the normal. Open discussion reduces superstition and fear, and allows us to be honest with each other at a time when pretence and well-intentioned lies can separate us, wasting time that is very precious.
- ~25% of all deaths are sudden and unexpected
- The rectum has such a rich blood supply that drugs given by this route take effect very quickly
This book was incredible. So many "characters" coming to the end of their arc and this doctor wrote about that end so graciously, reminding us of what's important to all of us, especially as we come to the close of our time here.
- It is the fact that every day counts us down that makes each one such a gift. There are only two days with fewer than twenty-four hours in each lifetime, sitting like bookends astride our lives: one is celebrated every year, yet it is the other that makes us see living as precious.
- Reclaiming the language of illness and dying enables us to have simple, unambiguous conversations about death. Allowing each other to discuss dying, rather than treating the D-words as magic ciphers that may cause harm merely by being spoken aloud, can support a dying person in anticipating the last part of their living, in planning ahead in order to prepare their loved ones for bereavement, and can bring the notion of death as the thing that happens at the end of every life back into the realm of the normal. Open discussion reduces superstition and fear, and allows us to be honest with each other at a time when pretence and well-intentioned lies can separate us, wasting time that is very precious.
- ~25% of all deaths are sudden and unexpected
- The rectum has such a rich blood supply that drugs given by this route take effect very quickly
This book was incredible. So many "characters" coming to the end of their arc and this doctor wrote about that end so graciously, reminding us of what's important to all of us, especially as we come to the close of our time here.