SEVEN DYING AUSTRALIANS
Allan Kellehear and David Ritchie (Eds)
This book brings a glimpse of seven individual lives – seven Australians facing the prospect of their own death. They were given
a series of questions to ponder: How do you understand this time in your life? What surprised you about this situation and what didn’t? What lessons do you feel you have learnt from this time?
Knowing what you know now, what would tell others about the confrontation with mortality?
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the narratives. They made me wonder just how much more the dying patients that I work with might have
to tell me if only I could spend more time with them. And they reminded me that there is always room for improvement in the way we accommodate the needs of those facing death.
Anyone who works in hospice and palliative care will benefit from reading this little book.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(April 2004)
Author Information
Professor Allan Kellehear is Professor of Palliative Care at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. David Ritchie is a Lecturer in Media and Contemporary Arts Research, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University,
Melbourne, Australia.
