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Whose death is it anyway?
— the Abbeyfield Lecture 1998 | | Author(s) | Alison Kitson |
| Publisher | Abbeyfield Society, St Albans, 1998 |
| Pages | 19 pp |
| Source | The Abbeyfield Society, 53 Victoria Street, St Albans, Herts AL1 3UW. |
| Keywords | Dying ; Euthanasia ; Terminal care ; Social contacts ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Lecture papers. |
| Annotation | In this lecture, the author considers what it means to have a good death. She argues that to understand what constitutes a good death, one has to understand what constitutes a good life. She suggests that good lives are characterised by a wholeness or a completeness experienced through an understanding of the importance of context, narrative and promises. This contrasts with social relationships encountered with those looking after people's personal needs, where self-interest and lack of respect for the integrity of others are all too often the norm. A final theme is the need for relationships based on mutual giving and receiving of gifts and promises: professional, volunteers and lay people need to understand what such relationships mean, if they are to be of help to the dying. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980902001 B |
| Classmark | CX: CY: LV: TOA: TOB: 6MA |
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