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标题：Wisdom of Dying: Practices for Living, The
作者：Middleton, Carl L Jr
期刊名称：Health Progress
印刷版ISSN：0882-1577
电子版ISSN：1943-3417
出版年度：2000
卷号：May/Jun 2000
出版社：Catholic Health Association of the United States

Wisdom of Dying: Practices for Living, The

Middleton, Carl L Jr

The Wisdom of Dying: Practices for Living

N. Michael Murphy, Element Books, Boston, 1999, 231 pp., $24.95 (hardbound)

The author, a clinical professor and the founder of a hospice, offers a guide to living and dying a life of meaning. Emphasizing the importance of storytelling, throughout they book he relates ancient myths and legends, real-life stories of death and life, and personal experiences. The book's 14 chapters cover the topics of dying and the soul, the denial of death, care of the soul, suffering and dying, letting go, mourning, and rituals of both living and dying. The book concludes with a curriculum for living and dying as a model for medical, nursing, and other schools that teach caregiving.