02316cam a2200325 a 4500 46898 46898 000012587024 AU-EpEBC 20170317085715.0 960710s1997 nyu 000 0 eng 96032774 0679450564 (hc) 0679768599 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC DLC NEMB eng fre BF789.D4 H42413 1997 155.9/37 20 Hennezel, Marie de, 1948- Mort intime. English Intimate death : how the dying teach us how to live / Marie de Hennezel ; translated by Carol Brown Janeway. 1st American ed. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1997. xv, 182 p. ; 22 cm. Marie de Hennezel is a gifted psychologist who works as part of a remarkable team of doctors and nurses in a hospital for the terminally ill in Paris. The men and women who come there, some alone with no one to help, some with their families, do not always know that they are dying. It is Marie de Hennezel's aim first to bring them - and their loved ones - to this knowledge and then to encourage them to live each day remaining to them as fully as possible, to move beyond pain, confusion, or despair toward a perception of their lives as a whole, and to make peace with the approaching end. We watch as she sits with each patient, sometimes encouraging them to release their fears and angers, sometimes providing just a calm, comforting presence, or honest answers to difficult questions. Through her amazing gentleness and the unforgettable people she helps, we learn how precious the final days of a person's life can be and how deeply moving in can be to share these moments with someone. Even more, we come to realize just how much about living there is to learn from those who are dying. In an age when we are taught not to talk about death, this important and profound book lends us the strength to talk about it, gives us hope, and celebrates the amazing courage of the human spirit. Hennezel, Marie de, 1948- Death Psychological aspects. Terminally ill Psychology. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random043/96032774.html ddc AM 0 0 ddc 0 0 Psychology MAIN MAIN OPEN 2017-03-17 Tabor 0 155.937 HEN 17477 2017-03-17 00:00:00 1 2017-03-17 AM