Paperback
A palliative care physician draws on stories from her own practice to explain how to enable a gentle and peaceful death and how modern medicine, augmented by traditional palliative approaches, can restore dignity, humanity, and meaning to the end of life.

With the End in Mind

Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

$35.75

  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    18 December 2018

Check Delivery Options

Summary

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor’s breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.

Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and gentle – if sorrowful – transition, death has come to be something from which we shield …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780316504478
ISBN-10:0316504475
Author:Kathryn Mannix
Publisher:Little, Brown Spark
Imprint:Little, Brown Spark
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:18 December 2018
Weight:295g
Dimensions:25mm x 137mm x 208mm
A-Format
B-Format
With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix - ISBN: 9780316504478
137 × 208 mm
C-Format
A4
mm / in
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“With the End in Mind is one of the loveliest books I’ve ever read. It’s part memoir and part self-help manual, part practical advice and part professional credo. Mannix’s compassion is bottomless and her scrupulousness unimpeachable.”–Bookforum
“With sometimes unsettling detail, admirable empathy and a sprinkling of humor, Dr. Mannix imparts valuable lessons for anyone who faces the loss of a family member or a personal reckoning with impending demise.”–The Wall Street Journal

About The Author

Kathryn Mannix

Dr. Kathryn Mannix is a physician specializing in palliative care, and a cognitive behavior therapist (CBT). She has run palliative care services in community, hospice, and large hospital settings. She is passionate about public education, and has provided CBT skills training to palliative care and oncology professionals.

Returns

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.