The Craft of Dying: The Modern Face of Death: by Lyn H. Lofland, 40th Anniversary Edition, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2019, 160 pp., $19.95T/£14.99 (paper).

The 2019 reprint of Lyn Lofland's 1978 I The Craft of Dying i is heaven-sent. In Part 1,"The Situation of Modern Dying: Problems and Potentials", Lofland explores the new "face of death ... to specify some of ... the problems and potential" (3), in particular, "the fact that (presently) "dying" is often prolonged" (4). The Craft of Dying: The Modern Face of Death: by Lyn H. Lofland, 40th Anniversary Edition, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2019, 160 pp., $19.95T/£14.99 (paper). [Extracted from the article]