Inner Life of the Dying Person

The Inner Life of the Person Dying recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's perspective, showing that--along with suffering, loss, anger, sadness, and fear--we can also feel courage, love, hope, transcendence, transformation, and even happiness as we die.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. In the Beginning . . .
2. Suffering—Enduring the New Reality
3. Fear—a Threat Observed
4. Courage—Facing the Overwhelming
5. Resistance—Facing the Choices
6. Sadness and Anger—Facing Loss
7. Hope and Love—Connection
8. Waiting—In-between-ness
9. Review and Reminiscence—Remembering
10. Aloneness—Disconnection
11. Transformation—Change, Change, Change
12. Some Final Reflections
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Allan Kellehear is professor of community health at Middlesex University in London. His most recent books on dying include A Social History of Dying and The Study of Dying: From Autonomy to Transformation, an edited volume of essays.

Summary

The Inner Life of the Person Dying recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's perspective, showing that-along with suffering, loss, anger, sadness, and fear-we can also feel courage, love, hope, transcendence, transformation, and even happiness as we die.

Product details

• Authors: Allan Kellehear, Allan (Professor of Community Health Kellehear, Kellehear Allan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2014
• EAN: 9780231167857
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16785-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: End-of-Life Care: A Series; End-of-Life Care: A Series
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social Work, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying