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The “A Graceful Death Exhibition”: Portraits and Words from the End of Life

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  • Antonia Rolls

    (113 Marshall Avenue, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 2TH, UK)

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This article discusses the lack of knowledge and awareness that hampers end of life experiences, for both the dying and those left behind. It draws on personal experiences, and explores working creatively with dying people, using observations, painting and writing to communicate ideas. Asking the dying to tell us and show us what it is like is very successful in raising awareness, and the article concludes that less separation within our communities from the dying would normalise the process and lessen the fear.

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  • Antonia Rolls, 2015. "The “A Graceful Death Exhibition”: Portraits and Words from the End of Life," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:4:y:2015:i:3:p:598-611:d:54041
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