Table Of Content

Cover Page: 1 Title Page Page: 2 Copyright Page: 3 Dedication Page: 5 Introduction Page: 7 Reading the Label Page: 8 Patterns Page: 9 Unpromising Beginnings Page: 9 French Resistance Page: 11 Tiny Dancer Page: 13 Wrecking Ball Page: 17 Last Waltz Page: 21 Pause for Thought: Patterns Page: 23 My Way Page: 25 That is the Question Page: 25 Never Let Me Go Page: 27 Hat Page: 31 Take My Breath Away Page: 35 Pause for Thought: My Way Page: 38 Naming Death Page: 39 Second-Hand News Page: 39 Slipping Through My Fingers Page: 41 Talking About the Unmentionable Page: 44 Something Fishy Page: 44 Plaques Page: 45 Cat-astrophe Page: 45 Arrival at Destination Page: 46 The Sound of Silence Page: 47 Every Breath You Take (I’ll be Watching You) Page: 49 Beauty and the Beast Page: 52 Pause for Thought: Naming Death Page: 56 Looking Beyond the Now Page: 57 In the Kitchen at Parties Page: 57 Please Release Me–A Side Page: 59 Please Release Me–B Side Page: 61 Travel Plans Page: 64 With Love from Me to You Page: 67 Pause for Thought: Looking Beyond the Now Page: 71 Legacy Page: 72 Something Unpredictable Page: 72 The Year of the Cat Page: 75 Post-Mortem Page: 78 Needles and Pins Page: 81 Lullaby Page: 83 Pause for Thought: Legacy Page: 86 Transcendence Page: 87 Musical Differences Page: 87 Deep Dreams Page: 89 De Profundis Page: 91 Perfect Day Page: 95 ‘Only the Good Die Young’ Page: 98 Pause for Thought: Transcendence Page: 99 Last Words Page: 101 Glossary Page: 102 Resources and Helpful Information Page: 103 Letter Template Page: 104 Acknowledgements Page: 106 Discover More Page: 107 About the Author Page: 108 Praise for Kathryn Mannix’s With the End in Mind Page: 109

Description:

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying. Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and gentle -- if sorrowful -- transition, death has come to be something from which we shield our eyes, as we prefer to fight desperately against it rather than accept its inevitability. Dr. Kathryn Mannix has studied and practiced palliative care for thirty years. In With the End in Mind , she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying, and makes a compelling case for the therapeutic power of approaching death not with trepidation, but with openness, clarity, and understanding. Weaving the details of her own experiences as a caregiver through stories of her patients, their families, and their distinctive lives, Dr. Mannix reacquaints us with the universal, but deeply personal, process of dying. With insightful meditations on life, death, and the space between them, With the End in Mind describes the possibility of meeting death gently, with forethought and preparation, and shows the unexpected beauty, dignity, and profound humanity of life coming to an end.