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Barcode30293101870041
LocationClark County
Call NoB Yalo
TitleA matter of death and life / Irvin D. Yalom & Marilyn Yalom.
AuthorYalom, Irvin D., 1931- author.
CollectionNF Biography
Total Circ3
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101870041B Yalo4/16/2021 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781503613768 (cloth)
International Standard Book Number 1503613763 (cloth)
Personal Name Yalom, Irvin D., 1931- author.
Title Statement A matter of death and life / Irvin D. Yalom & Marilyn Yalom.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Stanford, California : Redwood Press, 2021.
Physical Description xii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Formatted Contents Note The vital box -- Becoming an invalid -- Awareness of evanescence -- Why don't we move to assisted living? -- Retirement : the precise moment of decision -- Setbacks and renewed hopes -- Staring at the sun, once again -- Whose death is this anyway? -- Facing endings -- Considering physician-assisted suicide -- A tense countdown to Thursday -- A complete surprise -- So now you know -- Death sentence -- Farewell to chemotherapy-and to hope -- From palliative care to hospice -- Hospice care -- A soothing illusion -- French books -- The end approaches -- Death arrives -- The after-death experience -- Life as an independent separate adult -- Home alone -- Sex and grief -- Unreality -- Numbness -- Help from Schopenhauer -- Denial revealed -- Stepping out -- Indecisiveness -- On reading my own work -- Seven advanced lesson on the therapy of grief -- My education continues -- Dear Marilyn.
Summary, Etc. "A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as we all age"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-
Subject-Personal Name Yalom, Marilyn Death and burial.
Subject-Personal Name Yalom, Marilyn Health.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Grief.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Terminally ill United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Psychiatrists United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Spouses of cancer patients United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Multiple myeloma Patients United States Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women historians United States Biography.
Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Index Term-Genre/Form Self-help publications.
Added Entry, Personal Name Yalom, Marilyn. author.

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