Amanda Bennett's Blog - Posts Tagged "end-of-life"
NYT Sunday Review
Published on July 27, 2012 14:53
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biography, cancer, end-of-life, grief, health-care, medicine, memoir, review
Denial.....
Why is denial good?
In this article I talk about it.... Here's an excerpt:
"I’d say that you have to realize that denial is a two-edged sword. Denial is unbelievably positive. To call it “denial” is almost ridiculously understating what it is. .... We absolutely refused to believe he was going to die, and as a result we never did act like he was going to die. And with everything we went through, we had glorious, happy, event-filled lives almost to the last minute.
(Denial).... helped us to be normal. It gave him the ability not even three weeks before he died to tell somebody, "I’ve had a wonderful, wonderful life."
http://www.nextavenue.org/article/201...
In this article I talk about it.... Here's an excerpt:
"I’d say that you have to realize that denial is a two-edged sword. Denial is unbelievably positive. To call it “denial” is almost ridiculously understating what it is. .... We absolutely refused to believe he was going to die, and as a result we never did act like he was going to die. And with everything we went through, we had glorious, happy, event-filled lives almost to the last minute.
(Denial).... helped us to be normal. It gave him the ability not even three weeks before he died to tell somebody, "I’ve had a wonderful, wonderful life."
http://www.nextavenue.org/article/201...
BILL GATES REVIEWS THE COST OF HOPE
Published on August 28, 2012 13:13
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bill-gates, cancer, death, end-of-life, grief, marriage, memoir, women