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Ordinary Deaths: Stories From Memory by Samuel LeBaron

October 24, 2022 Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine

Psychologist Samuel LeBaron’s book, “Ordinary Deaths” was recently published by the University of Alberta Press and in it, he examines the following truth without the drama often accompanying such writing: Death is not a heroic journey, a metaphorical “war” against fatal illness. It is, as the title states, ordinary.

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In Caregiving, Co-Constructing Narrative, Book Reviews, Death, Essays, Narrative Medicine, Memoir Tags death & dying, good death, clinical psychology
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At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life by Samuel Harrington MD

December 15, 2021 Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine

At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life by Samuel Harrington, MD

At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life is a book that should be studied by students preparing themselves for careers in medicine, by those taking care of aging patients, by family members who don’t want their loved ones to suffer, and by everyone who desires for their life to end in peace with a good death.

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