Cuando el final se acerca

When the End Approaches explores the great taboo of our society and the only certainty we all share: death. Kathryn Mannix, a pioneering doctor and palliative care specialist, offers us answers to the most intimate questions surrounding the dying process, and she does so with moving delicacy and sincerity. Through a series of stories taken from her clinical experience, in the four decades that she has been practicing as a doctor, the author exposes that facing death clearly and openly, with serenity and knowledge, contains great therapeutic power. The stories included in this work show us how those who are going to die cling to those who stay; not because they are braver, or people out of the ordinary, but because that is what human beings do. These testimonials guide us to know how to act in the most difficult moments. Some are moving, some are tragic, sometimes they are even funny, and they always carry wisdom. This is a necessary book for everyone: for those of us who are grieving or grieving, for the sick, and also for those of us who are healthy. By reading it, we will all be better prepared for life, and also for death.