Lost Art of Dying : Reviving Forgotten Wisdom
Dugdale, L.s.; Dugger, Michael W. (ILT)
Language: English
Published by HarperOne, 2021
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- Title
- Lost Art of Dying : Reviving Forgotten Wisdom
- Author
- Dugdale, L.s.; Dugger, Michael W. (ILT)
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0062932640
- ISBN 13
- 9780062932648
A Columbia University physician comes across a popular medieval
text on dying well written after the horror of the Black Plague and discovers
ancient wisdom for rethinking death and gaining insight today on how we can
learn the lost art of dying well in this wise, clear-eyed book that is as
compelling and soulful as Being Mortal, When Breath Becomes
Air, and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
As a specialist in both medical ethics and the treatment of older patients, Dr.
L. S. Dugdale knows a great deal about the end of life. Far too many of us die
poorly, she argues. Our culture has overly medicalized death: dying is often
institutional and sterile, prolonged by unnecessary resuscitations and other
intrusive interventions. We are not going gently into that good night—our
reliance on modern medicine can actually prolong suffering and strip us of our
dignity. Yet our lives do not have to end this way.
Centuries
ago, in the wake of the Black Plague, a text was published offering advice to
help the living prepare for a good death. Written during the late Middle Ages, ars
moriendi—The Art of Dying—made
clear that to die well, one first had to live well and described what practices
best help us prepare. When Dugdale discovered this Medieval book, it was a
revelation. Inspired by its holistic approach to the final stage we must all
one day face, she draws from this forgotten work, combining its wisdom with the
knowledge she has gleaned from her long medical career. The Lost Art of Dying is a
twenty-first century ars moriendi, filled with much-needed insight and
thoughtful guidance that will change our perceptions. By recovering our sense
of finitude, confronting our fears, accepting how our bodies age, developing
meaningful rituals, and involving our communities in end-of-life care, we can
discover what it means to both live and die well. And like the original ars
moriendi, The Lost Art of Dying includes nine black-and-white drawings
from artist Michael W. Dugger.
Dr.
Dugdale offers a hopeful perspective on death and dying as she shows us how to
adapt the wisdom from the past to our lives today. The Lost Art of Dying is a vital, affecting
book that reconsiders death, death culture, and how we can transform how we
live each day, including our last.
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About the Author
Lydia Dugdale MD, MAR, is associate professor of medicine and director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University. Prior to her 2019 move to Columbia, she was Associate Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics and founding Co-Director of the Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion at Yale School of Medicine. She is an internal medicine primary care doctor and medical ethicist. Her first book, Dying in the Twenty-First Century (MIT Press, 2015), provides the theoretical grounding for this current book. She lives with her husband and daughters in New York City.
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