The Promised Landing : A Gateway to Peaceful Dying (eBook)

A Gateway to Peaceful Dying

Bart Windrum (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
216 Seiten
Axiom Action LLC (Verlag)
978-0-9801090-5-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Promised Landing: A Gateway to Peaceful Dying provides a new context for understanding our dying experiences as shaped by western culture. Learn to identify and distinguish between the various dying situations that frame our journey toward, or away from, the peaceful demise we want for ourselves and our loved ones. Participate in a personal (or group) guided recitation, traveling to every way station and destination throughout our dying territoryengaging your heart and soul, where resolve for fulfilling our promises takes root. Then, examine a related set of everyday personal and systemic obstacles to peaceful dying in order to better forecast their impact and adjust glide paths while time yet remains to die in peace, and at peace.

Inhalt

WhyLexiconIs This Book for You?Getting to PeaceUnderstanding Demises as Destinations Within Our Dying TerritoryPromises, PromisesGlossary of ThoughtsImpetusOur Dying Territory: Identifying and Naming Our Dying SituationsMatrix Underpinnings: romises and Practicalities Matrix Genesis: A Zillion Words for SnowMatrix Basics: Cardinal AspectsMatrix Territory: Where’re You Gonna Land?Matrix Time-outMatrix: LandingsMatrix: Ethics and LegalitiesMatrix: Landing VignettesMatrix: Guided RecitationObstacles to Peaceful Dying and How to Mitigate ThemTo Die In Peace: Our Rights of PassageObstacle 1: Difficulty Distinguishing Among Dying SituationsObstacle 2: Trouble Determining When enough is EnoughObstacle 3: Over-reliance on Advance DirectivesObstacles 1–3 ReflectionObstacle 4: Exposure to Medical Snafus Obstacle 5: Ignorance Regarding Life-support Matters Obstacle 6: Inability to Advocate Medically for a Loved One or OneselfObstacles 4–6 ReflectionObstacle 7: The Opaque Dying MarketplaceTo Die in Peace: Our Rights of Passage RecapDeus Ex Machina?And SoAppendix A: The Rusted GateAppendix B: Never Say Die RapAppendix C: On AdvocatingAppendix D: Matrix Visual HistoryAppendix E: The Quickie ButtonAppendix F: Coming In and Speaking OutAcknowledgmentsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.4.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Schlagworte: Death • death literacy • dying in peace • obstacles to peaceful death • Our Dying Territory • Windrum's Matrix of Dying Terms
• ISBN-10: 0-9801090-5-1 / 0980109051
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9801090-5-4 / 9780980109054