This book by Peter Fenwick and Elizabeth Fenwick presents “accounts by the dying and those who have been with the dying in their final hours” in order to help readers to see and understand death as a process, not a single end moment. The evidence gathered here “suggests we are more than brain function, and that something—soul or spirit or consciousness—will continue in some form or another for a while at least.” The ultimate goal being that with understanding we may all be helped in getting closer to having a “good death.”
- End of Life Care ·
Faces of palliative care
Words like “hospice” and “palliative care” are sometimes used interchangeably, but they don’t refer to the same things. Hospice is a type of care that…
