The Way We Die Now

Name: The Way We Die Now
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781784974282
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By Seamus O'Mahony

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Summary

In The Way We Die Now, Seamus O'Mahony explores how modern society has lost its ability to confront death. Most people now die in busy hospitals, cared for by strangers, often subjected to excessive medical treatments that strip away dignity and understanding. Through a moving and thoughtful narrative, O'Mahony reveals the Western world's public fascination with dying juxtaposed against private denial, making a good death increasingly elusive.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for readers interested in medical ethics, palliative care, and those seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary attitudes towards death. It also suits healthcare professionals and anyone contemplative about the realities of mortality.

An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death.

An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death.

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We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions.

This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahony's thoughtful, moving, and unforgettable book on the western way of death, The Way We Die Now. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve.

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Critical acclaim highlights: O'Mahony's writing is described as intelligent, provocative and compassionate. Reviews praise his frank exploration of death, the exposure of myths and hypocrisies, and the book's emotional honesty. It is celebrated as a compelling and thought-provoking work that challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about dying in the modern age.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784974282

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 February 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Head of Zeus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 304

Collections

Education & Reference Grief & Loss New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction Seamus O'Mahony

About the Author

Dr Seamus O'Mahony is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Cork University Hospital. He is associate editor for medical humanities of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.