To die well, you have to live well. If a doctor can help, they must draw attention to finitude instead of distracting from finitiude. As you contemplate your finitude, Dugdale is the doctor you want on the journey. She reclaims ancient wisdom for contemporary hospitals. Her words, and the woodcuts at the end, are a real start towards reclaiming the wise practice of the ars moriendi.
The Lost Art of Dying, L.S. Dugdale
