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How often do we hear that a person’s loved one had a ‘bad death’ with traumatic crises,lack of communication or poor support? What can we do to ensure this doesn’t happen to you or your loved one?

Recently his mother, aged 93, died ‘in excruciating pain’. This event has caused him to reflect on the problem of pain and suffering, either in body or in mind, and to look into its meaning and purpose for those with a religious belief.

Nurses have believed for a long time that even when almost all signs of life have left, a dying patient might well be able to hear your parting words.

Coping with ‘probate’ after a person dies intestate is very troubling and unsatisfactory.

To add to all the other worries that a death and bereavement can bring, many people may also have very practical worries about the cost of a funeral. Like the cost of weddings the cost of funerals seems to have been inflating in recent years.

This is an index to the printed copy of “Talking about Dying” and shows the range of topics covered.