With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix

Allowing each other to discuss dying, rather than treating the D-words as magic ciphers that may cause harm merely by being spoken aloud, can support a dying person in anticipating the last part of their living, in planning ahead in order to prepare their loved ones for bereavement, and can bring the notion of death as the thing