Research Catalog

Title

Let's talk about death : asking the questions that profoundly change the way we live and die / Steve Gordon and Irene Kacandes.

Author

Gordon, Steve, 1956-

Publication

• Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
• ©2015

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Kacandes, Irene, 1958-

Description

252 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Experts in end-of-life care tell us that we should talk about death and dying with relatives and friends, but how do we get such conversations off the ground in a society that historically has avoided the topic? This book provides one example of such a conversation. The coauthors take up challenging questions about pain, caregiving, grief, and what comes after death. Their unlikely collaboration is itself connected to death: the murders of two of Irene's closest friends and Steve's support in perpetuating memories of those friends' lives and not just their violent ends."--

Alternative Title

Let us talk about death

Subject

• Kacandes, Irene
• Gordon, Steve
• Gordon, Steve, 1956- > Correspondence
• Kacandes, Irene, 1958- > Correspondence
• Gordon, Steve, 1956-
• Kacandes, Irene, 1958-
• Grief
• Attitude to Death
• Death
• SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement
• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying

Genre/Form

Collected Correspondence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1: What Is Life with Death? -- Chapter 2: Is Dying an Injustice? -- Chapter 3: How Do I Handle Pain at End of Life? -- Chapter 4: What About Caregiving? -- Chapter 5: Is Sudden Death Different? -- Chapter 6: What Comes after I Die? -- Chapter 7: What about Grief? -- Chapter 8: What's So Great about Mortality Anyway? -- Afterword: Reaping the Benefits of Our Exchange -- Appendices: Resources and Inspirations for Continued Thinking about Mortality -- Appendix A -- Suggested Resources and Inspirations for Ordinary Morals -- Suggested Resources and Inspirations for Caregivers -- Suggested Resources and Inspirations for Individuals with Life-Changing Illness and Their Families -- Appendix B -- Suggested Resources and Inspirations for Group Discussion -- Suggested Works of Literature Dealing with Mortality -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781633881129
• 1633881121
• 9781633881136 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015023526

OCLC

903634403

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library