Turning toward death together: Conversation in mortal time
Turning toward death together: Conversation in mortal time
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一起走向死亡：凡间的对话
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2000
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M. A. Cowan
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作者：
R. McQuellon;M. A. Cowan
死亡对于它所接触的每个人来说都有不同的意义，这些意义对每个人在处理死亡问题时与他人的沟通方式都有着严重的影响。本文是对综合癌症中心处理临终者及其护理人员的临床经验的反思。我们所说的“凡人时间”是指人类在面临死亡前景时进入的心理状态。我们的重点是进入凡人时间的一个特殊而有力的实例——绝症的诊断。凡人时间的体验是极其主观的。真实的对话不仅能够增强人们实际应对死亡的方式，而且能够在患者和护理人员一起进入凡人的神圣时刻时阐明和丰富生命的意义。
Death has a different meaning for everyone it touches, and these meanings have serious impact on how each person communicates with others as they deal with it together. This paper is a reflection on clinical experience in dealing with the dying and their caregivers in a comprehensive cancer center. By “mortal time,” we mean the psychological state human beings enter when confronted with the prospect of death. Our focus is on a particular and powerful instance of the entry into mortal time—the diagnosis of a terminal illness. The experience of mortal time is profoundly subjective. Authentic conversation has the power not only to enhance how people cope practically with dying, but to illuminate and enrich the very meaning of life for patients and caregivers alike, as they enter the sacred moment of mortal time together.