Living with Dying: A Loving Guide for Family and Close Friends

by David Carroll

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070100985
• ISBN13: 9780070100985
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A sensitive and sensible readable contribution

This is a question-and-answer format guide written for a general readership, covering almost every aspect of death and bereavement in today's society. Dr. Carroll is wise, compassionate and nuanced; he gives balanced advice, and avoids polemics and slogans. I have used this book as a text for a college-level "death and dying" course, and it works wonderfully. Because it was last revised in 1991, there are some things that are out of date. Changes is the laws about Living Wills is one example of this. Yet its basic relevance remains, and since the topic is of continuing public interest, Dr. Carroll's text helps ground the more recent, public debates within a humane foundation. He consistently values communication, relationships among people, and trust between patients and their doctors, and uses these ideals to respond to a wide range of specific questions about dying, illness and bereavement.