Seize the day : how the dying teach us to live / Marie de Hennezel ; translated by Carol Brown Janeway.
Language: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Macmillan, 2015Description: xvii, 189 pages; 24 cmISBN: 9781509812097 (paperback)Subject(s): Hennezel, Marie de | Death -- Psychological aspects | Terminally ill -- PsychologySummary: In this remarkable book psychologist Marie de Hennezel draws upon her personal experience of working with the terminally ill in a palliative care unit in Paris. Her encounters with people at the end of their life gives her a unique perspective on what life and death really mean, and her ultimate message, shared through the stories she recounts in this book, is one of celebrating the power and tenacity of the human spirit. She encourages us to embrace moments of joy and the small pleasures of life and to 'seize the day' at every opportunity.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Translated from the French.
This translation originally published: as Intimate death. London: Little, Brown, 1997.
In this remarkable book psychologist Marie de Hennezel draws upon her personal experience of working with the terminally ill in a palliative care unit in Paris. Her encounters with people at the end of their life gives her a unique perspective on what life and death really mean, and her ultimate message, shared through the stories she recounts in this book, is one of celebrating the power and tenacity of the human spirit. She encourages us to embrace moments of joy and the small pleasures of life and to 'seize the day' at every opportunity.
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