A matter of life and death : 60 voices share their wisdom / [edited by] Rosalind Bradley ; foreword by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

Date:
2016
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Also known as

Matter of life and death (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

Description

"This book brings together contributors from different backgrounds including a Holocaust survivor and a death row inmate, to explore perspectives on death. Each contributor offers commentary on a written or visual work that best expresses death to them"--Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Physical description

232 pages ; 22 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1. Personal encounters with death -- Part 2. Death brings us wisdom -- Part 3. Working closely with death -- Part 4. Death and the circle of life -- Part 5. Death is sacred.

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    History of Medicine
    JIB /BRA
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781849056014
  • 1849056013