Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death, and Healing - Brossura

Kearney, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1882670795 ISBN 13: 9781882670796

Casa editrice: Spring Journal, 2008

Riassunto

What makes for a good death? In Mortally Wounded, a bestseller in Ireland, where it was first published, Dr. Michael Kearney reflects on his personal experiences working with the dying and shows us that it is possible to learn to die well. Starting from the premise that our fear of death is as much a cultural construct as an ancient fear of the dark, Kearney moves into the area in which it is possible to die well or "in one piece, psychologically speaking." Exploring some of the same territory as James Hillman and Thomas Moore, Kearney emphasizes the importance of going downward into soul, where we can find the elements of psychological wholeness, a healing balm to be applied to our mortal wound. Sensitive, intelligent, and brutally honest, Kearney opens a window on our darkest, most difficult subject, and lets some light in.

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Michael Kearney, M.D., has over 25 years of working as a physician in end-of-life care. He is currently Medical Director of the Palliative Care Service at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Associate Medical Director at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care. He also acts as medical director to the Anam Cara Project for Compassionate Companionship in Life and Death in Bend, Oregon. Other publications by Dr. Kearney include A Place of Healing: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying and Spiritual Care of the Dying Patient, (co-authored with Balfour Mount, M.D.), in Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine (eds. Harvey Max Chochinov and William Breitbart).

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• Editore: Spring Journal
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1882670795
• ISBN 13: 9781882670796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 157