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The Way We Die Now Seamus O'Mahony

The Way We Die Now By Seamus O'Mahony

The Way We Die Now by Seamus O'Mahony


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Summary

An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death.

The Way We Die Now Summary

The Way We Die Now by Seamus O'Mahony

We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions.

This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahoney's thoughtful, moving and unforgettable book on the western way of death. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve.

The Way We Die Now Reviews

'[O'Mahony] beautifully describes the "ideal" fantasy death we create for ourselves' * Irish Examiner *
'Offers a frank and pessimistic view of how we think about death ... provocative and effective' * The Times *
Mahony leaves no stone unturned, sniffing out cant and hypocrisy wherever he finds it. And his views are as consistently intelligent as they are surprising. All of this culminates in an impassioned battle-cry, 4/5' * The Daily Telegraph *
'Gives us a rare glimpse into the world of death and dying from the vantage point of a medical doctor' * Irish Times *
'The book forces you to confront the most uncomfortable of subjects. This is a good thing' * Prospect *
'A joy to read ... I hope that when I die that I have a doctor like O'Mahony to look after me' * BMJ blog *
'Compelling, throught-provoking book' * The Tablet *
'A provocative essay' * Sunday Independent (Dublin) *
'A searingly honest and humane book that is challenging yet profoundly important' * Guardian. *
'Trenchant but compassionate' * Irish Daily Mail. *

About Seamus O'Mahony

Dr Seamus O'Mahony is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Cork University Hospital. He is associate editor for medical humanities of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.

Additional information

GOR008549276
9781784974282
1784974285
The Way We Die Now by Seamus O'Mahony
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Head of Zeus
2017-02-09
304
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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