With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial Paperback – December 18, 2018

One of the great mysteries of life to me is why people, particularly people that care for each other and love each other, find it so difficult to talk about a subject that all will experience, along with paying taxes.Amongst all the case studies that are used I recognized myself and each member of my family along with our functions and dis-functions. In general, one coping mechanism widely used in the family was that if we don't talk about "it", "it" doesn't exist or never happened. Until "it" does and then we stoically plow through the experience and almost never talk about "it" again. I had my first first-hand experience with death when my live in great grandmother died at home when I was 8 years old. That experience and the months afterward informed and shaped things for me for years to come.This book is an excellent way to give yourself and the ones you love a chance to deal with the subject of our deaths and our journey in the process of dying. I encourage you to use it as a discussion tool. Maybe even a small group study if you are courageous enough. I will be sharing this book with a older teen medical school aspirant who needs to better understand the "soft science" of medicine and not just the "hard science".Having spent a significant amount of time in the UK on business as well as vacation I enjoyed all the "UKisms" sprinkled throughout.I strongly recommend it without hesitation or qualification.

I originally listened to this in audio form. She is such a beautiful kind hearted person and a consultant I would’ve loved to work alongside in my career. I appreciate her stories and learned from them.

My words wont do it justice, an amazing account of death as it actually occurs in a world where we hide it from ourselves. I learned so much and felt so many emotions. Read it and know you have grown from doing so.

Very good for those of us who are having anxieties about diieing - I feel everyone should read this. Very uplifting for those who have uncuttable diseases that are terminal. Had seen an article in the Wall Street journal talking about it so checked Amazon and bought it.

This well written treatise is a must read for anyone who works with people facing life altering challenges. I read it because my spouse is dying and I want to be the best companion I can be and discovered everything I need to remember to make the rest of my life meaningful.

This book is an absolute essential reading for everyone. No one is immune from death, not only our own but our family and friends. This book tells in a concise way of the pattern to the way life ends. Each chapter relates to an individual patient of Kathryn's as she writes of their and their family's story in a way which is compassionate and easy to understand, sad but not depressing. I received this book two weeks before my husband was very unexpectedly taken ill and I finished it three days before he went into the hospital ICU. He was there for a week before I asked that he be taken to the Hospice as there was nothing they could do to save his life, only to make him as comfortable as possible. Prior to reading Kathryn's book I would not have thought to ask for Hospice care nor would I have had the understanding of the dying process. It made that few days so much easier to cope with and for our family to share his journey with him in a gentle and peaceful way to the end, making life without him in the past four weeks much more bearable than I though would be possible.

As someone with a terminal illness, I was naturally drawn to this volume. Dr. Mannix's sincere loving care and compassion radiate from the pages of this beautifully written account of her daily life, professional training, clinical practice and most of all, fragile patients. I wish more physicians had the wisdom, patience, and courage displayed by Dr. Mannix in her dealings with those at the end of their journey.

Would not have purchased if I had realized it is an English author and the English medical system. Not particularly germane to this country.

Dr. Manning writes with honesty, vulnerability, and with straightforwardness not often seen in matters of death and dying. An excellent communication guide and set of tools.

No es más que una colección de historias diversas sobre un montón de gente que vivió sus últimos días. Si bien se aprende uno que otro concepto sobre cómo es el proceso de muerte en personas con cuidados paliativos, en los que se puede aplicar uno que otro consejo, parece más un libro de “mini cuentos”.En las primeros capítulos se extrae lo práctico. De ahí aburre, pues las historias son repetitivas, con un inglés bastante rebuscado y se vuelve tedioso, pues ya no hay aprendizajes prácticos, pero sí un exceso de conversaciones transcritas que sirven para entretener a unos cuantos.Esperaba mucho más.

Death iand dying s still seen as a taboo subject for many people and yet it impacts us all. Having a good death is so important and can be easily achieved if we can have open dialogue with each other about how that might look for us. We are all individual and one size does not fit all. This author shows us how this can be achieved and to see the person dying as an indivual with a history of experiences that can be incorporated into dying and death. A poignant and reflective account written in easy to read chunks leaving me with the question of what my death might want to look like.

We don’t talk about death anymore, even though it happens to everyone, sooner or later. This book gently guides the reader through various scenarios in the form of stories about patients with various challenges facing the end of their lives. A must read for everyone in healthcare and in community services, but also for the rest of us westerners, who think medical science has outmoded death. It has not!

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