With the End in Mind: How to Live and Die Well

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset Sunday Times

Illuminating and beautiful Cathy Rentzenbrink
What if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong

How should we prepare for the facts of dying and saying our goodbyes

And what if understanding death improved your life

By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, With the End in Mind brings together Kathryn Mannix s lifetime of medical experience to tell powerful stories of life and death.

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It is incredibly moving, of course, but what it isnt is miserable. Yes this is a book about death, but it is also a book about joy. There arent all that many books that change the way you see the world. This book really might. It will make you want to do a better job of loving and living. It will make you want to be kinder. And it will make you want to cherish every precious moment of your precious life.
Sunday Times

Extraordinary and profoundly moving. Any reader will come away with the wish that they will be cared for at the end by someone with Mannixs imaginative sympathy and matter-of-fact generosity of perception
Rowan Williams, New Statesman

Illuminating and beautiful I shed a few tears but its not gut wrenching and Mannix weaves the light and dark strands of her experience with finesse. Its essential reading for anyone who will encounter death, and that means all of us.
Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times

I got to the end of Kathryn Mannixs book with just one thought I wish Id been a palliative consultant A reminder that talking about death is an Act of Love
Greg Wise

In the last few years, there has been a crowd of books by doctors, scientists and writers that have sought to show us different, kinder ways of ending: Atul Gawande, Oliver Sacks, Henry Marsh the list is long. Now Kathryn Mannix joins this distinguished group. Mannixs aim is to shed a soft, clear light on a subject too often avoided. Mild, tender and conciliatory, I would like her to be my compassionate, wise doctor when I lie dying.
Observer

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Kathryn Mannix has spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. Starting in cancer care and changing career to become a pioneer of the new discipline of palliative medicine, she has worked in teams in hospices, hospitals and in patients own homes to deliver palliative care, optimising quality of life even as death is approaching. Having qualified as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist in 1993, she started the UKs (possibly the worlds) first CBT clinic exclusively for palliative care patients, and devised CBT First Aid training to enable palliative care colleagues to add new skills to their repertoire for helping patients. Kathryn has worked with many thousands of dying people, and has found their ability to deal with illness and death both fascinating and inspirational. She believes that a better public awareness about what happens as we die would reduce fear and enable people to discuss their hopes and plans with the people who matter to them.