TALKING ABOUT DYING:
Help in facing death and dying
By Philip Giddings, Martin Down,
Elaine Sugden, Gareth Tuckwell
Wilberforce Publications. 182 pages. £10
ISBN 978 0 995 683 204
At last, here’s a really accessible book about dying. Four writers with varied personal, pastoral and medical experience speak plainly and practically about all the various issues that surround death and dying.
We are often nervous about any conversation about death and shy away from it for fear of saying the wrong thing. However, this book urges us to open up conversations with the dying and those close to them, as there are many things which need to be addressed. People need to make preparations and this usually requires conversation ahead of time. Often the dying and those close to them find great relief in speaking about it, but lack the opportunity.
