Title: Advice for future corpses * and those who love them : a practical perspective on death and dying /
Authors: Tisdale, Sallie,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Death; Terminal care; Death; Attitude to Death; Terminal Care; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs.; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Death, Grief, Bereavement.; SELF-HELP Death, Grief, Bereavement.; Death; Terminal care
Abstract: From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world.
Contents: The dangerous situation -- Resistance -- A good death -- Communication -- Last months -- Where? -- Last weeks -- Last days -- That moment -- Bodies -- Grieving -- Joy.