This unique book recounts the experience of facing one's death
solely from the dying person's point of view rather than from the
perspective of caregivers, survivors, or rescuers. Such unmediated
access challenges assumptions about the emotional and spiritual
dimensions of dying, showing readers that -- along with suffering,
loss, anger, sadness, and fear -- we can also feel courage, love,
hope, reminiscence, transcendence, transformation, and even
happiness as we die. A work that is at once psychological,
sociological, and philosophical, this book brings together
testimonies of those dying from terminal illness, old age, sudden
injury or trauma, acts of war, and the consequences of natural
disasters and terrorism. It also includes statements from
individuals who are on death row, in death camps, or planning
suicide. Each form of dying addressed highlights an important set
of emotions and narratives that often eclipses stereotypical
renderings of dying and reflects the numerous contexts in which
this journey can occur outside of hospitals, nursing homes, and
hospices.Chapters focus on common emotional themes linked to dying,
expanding and challenging them through first-person accounts and
analyses of relevant academic and clinical literature in
psycho-oncology, palliative care, gerontology, military history,
anthropology, sociology, cultural and religious studies, poetry,
and fiction. The result is an all-encompassing investigation into
an experience that will eventually include us all and is more
surprising and profound than anyone can imagine.
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