The existential moment

From earliest times, sages have advised us to become comfortable with transience, more than that, to be at peace with our approaching death and to keep it in constant view. Whatever the benefits of such a perspective, they must surely be harvested in abundance by those working in Palliative Care! An...

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Published inPalliative & supportive care Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 93 - 96
Main Author MOUNT, BALFOUR M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2003
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude to Death
Death & dying
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - psychology
Oncology
Palliative Care
Qualitative research
Canada
Montreal Quebec Canada
Quebec Canada
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Summary:From earliest times, sages have advised us to become comfortable with transience, more than that, to be at peace with our approaching death and to keep it in constant view. Whatever the benefits of such a perspective, they must surely be harvested in abundance by those working in Palliative Care! An ongoing personal cost/benefit analysis of our daily confrontation with death is for many a legacy of the trade. “Why” questions are our persistent companions. They have colored my recent days as I holiday with my family in a cottage on Lac Massawippi in Quebec.
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ISSN:1478-9515
1478-9523
DOI:10.1017/S1478951503030025