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Close to the bone

Paperback • 1998 • English • 1. edition

Close to the bone: life-threatening illness and the search for meaning

By Bolen, Jean Shinoda

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About the book

Life-saving, process. Close to the Bone follows the patients and their loved ones on a path which, soon after diagnosis, brings them into a kind of underworld of experience, a state of emotional trauma that has the potential to strip away what become merely superfluous concerns, focusing the individual on what is truly important. This process can be enhanced by prayer, meditation, participation in rituals, the sharing of stories, and a deeper and more honest level of.

Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Social issues
Narrative theme: Health and illness

Book details

ISBN

9780684835303

Publisher

Touchstone Books

Published year

1998

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Close to the bone

Format

Paperback

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