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The Art of Dying
Dr Peter Fenwick
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Description for The Art of Dying
Paperback. A manual on how to achieve a good death. It looks at how other cultures have dealt with death and the dying process (The Tibetan 'death system', and Swedenborg). Num Pages: 260 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288. 260 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A manual on how to achieve a good death. It looks at how other cultures have dealt with death and the dying process (The Tibetan 'death system', and Swedenborg). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: VFJX. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight: 304.
Is there an art to dying? And if there is, what can we do to achieve a good death? We have few special rituals to prepare for death, or to mark it, and we often fail to help the dying prepare for death. "The Art of Dying" contains accounts by the dying, and those who have been with the dying in their final hours, which help us to understand that death is a process. The experiences suggest that we are looked after throughout the transition from life to death, and taken on a journey into love and light by ... Read more
Is there an art to dying? And if there is, what can we do to achieve a good death? We have few special rituals to prepare for death, or to mark it, and we often fail to help the dying prepare for death. "The Art of Dying" contains accounts by the dying, and those who have been with the dying in their final hours, which help us to understand that death is a process. The experiences suggest that we are looked after throughout the transition from life to death, and taken on a journey into love and light by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826499233
SKU
V9780826499233
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About Dr Peter Fenwick
Dr Peter Fenwick is an internationally renowned neuropsychiatrist and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He is Britain's leading clinical authority on near-death experiences and is president of the British branch of The International Association for Near-Death Studies. He also holds appointments at the Maudsley Hospital, the John Radcliffe Hospital, and the Broadmoor Special Hospital for Violent Offenders. ... Read more
Reviews for The Art of Dying
"Deathbed visions and coincidences are often classified as supernatural phenomena and the stuff of bad late-night television. But do such classifications do a disservice to the experiences of the dying and the bereaved? Through lengthy oral histories of eerie telepathic and paranormal phenomena, this book attempts to strip away the stigma from analyzing the inexplicable —yet commonly reported—odd incidences that ... Read more