But when everything you have been and done and meant to the world is being prised from your grasp, human connections are the vital medicine. It is other people who make the difference.
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Book 116/2022 Finished 9/6/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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pickA firm Pick. Recommended for readers of Being Mortal (Gawande) and With the End in Mind (Mannix). If you are able to read without glasses, that may be advisable; I found myself having to remove mine frequently to dry my eyes 😢
pickThis book is phenomenal and should be read by everyone since we all have to die at some point. Beautiful, moving, and thoughtful, I cannot give it enough praise. Hope others will pick it up too. ❤️❤️❤️
pickThis memoir of a palliative care doctor whose own father is at end-of-life. was a tough read and I cried most of the way through it, but it will also be one of my books of the year.
I only wish I‘d read it before I had first-hand experience of hospice care earlier this year. That experience led me to my recent role working in the very same hospice, as I wanted to ensure other people could benefit from the same loving care that we did. ⬇️
pickFinished this lovely book last night. It was a real insight into the world of palliative care and how Clarke dealt with her own father‘s death. I did have a couple of little cries while reading, but it was very life-affirming - a real reminder that we all are loved and can leave a legacy a love to be remembered. Well worth reading.
pickRachel Clarke is a TV producer turned doctor who specialises in palliative care. In this deeply moving memoir that at times had me in tears and which made me reconsider my own attitudes towards dying, she talks about her journey towards and experiences in end-of-life care and what it‘s taught her about life and living, a journey that‘s made more poignant by her experiences caring for her father (a GP) who himself developed terminal cancer.
