{"product_id":"33-meditations-on-death","title":"33 Meditations on Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAS FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4  'Start the Week' : 'very moving - brilliant and profound'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant - a grimly humorous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003ci\u003eHenry Marsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkably likeable guide to a grisly subject ... daunting, yet ultimately life-affirming\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What is a good death? \u003cbr\u003e How would you choose to live your last few months? \u003cbr\u003e How do we best care for the rising tide of very elderly?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This unusual and important book is a series of reflections on death in all its forms: the science of it, the medicine, the tragedy and the comedy. Dr David Jarrett draws on family stories and case histories from his thirty years of treating the old, demented and frail to try to find his own understanding of the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Profound, provocative, strangely funny and astonishingly compelling, it is an impassioned plea that we start talking frankly and openly about death. He writes about all the conversations that we, our parents, our children, the medical community, our government and society as a whole should be having.\u003cbr\u003e And it is a call to arms for us to make radical changes to our perspective on 'the seventh age of man'.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003eMore praise for \u003ci\u003e33 Meditations on Death\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book will stay with you.\" - \u003ci\u003eDerren Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bursting with empathy, common sense and humour.\" - \u003ci\u003eProfessor Dame Sue Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54219696439640,"sku":"9781784165116","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/33-meditations-on-death","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}