RE313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harvard Divinity School, Cameo Appearance, Palliative Care
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Introduction: at the end of the last lesson, we considered the idea that the quality of our awareness of our mortality seems to make a difference in how this awareness affects us. This is a national film board of canada documentary directed by tim wilson. It is about the work of stephen jenkinson, a graduate of harvard divinity school, who has adopted a form of. Steve was the head of palliative care counselling at mount sinai. I have not assigned other readings or videos because i think you can get the most out of this lesson if you plan to watch this film more than once. I have pulled out below a number of quotes from the film. But he says that is not what they are afraid of, because after the pain is controlled, they are still afraid. It"s not true the world over that people are depressed about dying.
