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The Lost Art Of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom,Used
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A Columbia University Physician Comes Across A Popular Medieval Text On Dying Well Written After The Horror Of The Black Plague And Discovers Ancient Wisdom For Rethinking Death And Gaining Insight Today On How We Can Learn The Lost Art Of Dying Well In This Wise, Cleareyed Book That Is As Compelling And Soulful As Being Mortal, When Breath Becomes Air, And Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.As A Specialist In Both Medical Ethics And The Treatment Of Older Patients, Dr. L. S. Dugdale Knows A Great Deal About The End Of Life. Far Too Many Of Us Die Poorly, She Argues. Our Culture Has Overly Medicalized Death: Dying Is Often Institutional And Sterile, Prolonged By Unnecessary Resuscitations And Other Intrusive Interventions. We Are Not Going Gently Into That Good Nightour Reliance On Modern Medicine Can Actually Prolong Suffering And Strip Us Of Our Dignity. Yet Our Lives Do Not Have To End This Way.Centuries Ago, In The Wake Of The Black Plague, A Text Was Published Offering Advice To Help The Living Prepare For A Good Death. Written During The Late Middle Ages, Ars Moriendithe Art Of Dyingmade Clear That To Die Well, One First Had To Live Well And Described What Practices Best Help Us Prepare. When Dugdale Discovered This Medieval Book, It Was A Revelation. Inspired By Its Holistic Approach To The Final Stage We Must All One Day Face, She Draws From This Forgotten Work, Combining Its Wisdom With The Knowledge She Has Gleaned From Her Long Medical Career. The Lost Art Of Dying Is A Twentyfirst Century Ars Moriendi, Filled With Muchneeded Insight And Thoughtful Guidance That Will Change Our Perceptions. By Recovering Our Sense Of Finitude, Confronting Our Fears, Accepting How Our Bodies Age, Developing Meaningful Rituals, And Involving Our Communities In Endoflife Care, We Can Discover What It Means To Both Live And Die Well. And Like The Original Ars Moriendi, The Lost Art Of Dying Includes Nine Blackandwhite Drawings From Artist Michael W. Dugger.Dr. Dugdale Offers A Hopeful Perspective On Death And Dying As She Shows Us How To Adapt The Wisdom From The Past To Our Lives Today. The Lost Art Of Dying Is A Vital, Affecting Book That Reconsiders Death, Death Culture, And How We Can Transform How We Live Each Day, Including Our Last.
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