Death in my life

An emergency physician who only writes about dying is he allowed to do that? Why not? Many life savers like medics and nurses have their own way of dealing with the topic of death and dying...

Not a book about saving lives An emergency medical doctor who only writes about dying is he allowed to do that? Why not? Many life savers, medical doctors, nurses, in short: people, who are regularly confronted with other peoples' death, have their own way of dealing with the topic of death and dying. Whilst death is often not allowed to have a place in everyday life in today's society, these people are used to talking about it openly. For bystanders this often seems strange, possibly even disrespectful or irreverent. But is that the case? Are we like that? This question is the basic motif of Death in my life: Autobiographically, this book follows the author's journey through his development, provides insight into his emotional world and the constant changes in his attitude towards life and death. Between analysis and his own processing strategy, Tom Werde invites the readers to take part in his life with death and to question themselves and their own norms and values.

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Dr. med. Thomas D. Werxhausen alias Tom Werde was born June 29, 1979 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, the third child of a German soldier and an office clerk. Today he is married to Kerstin Werxhausen and father of two daughters. Raised in Cologne, Germany, he found his way through honorary work for the part-time firefighters and the Red Cross into studying medicine, which he completed in 2004. After having graduated to medical doctor in 2007 and qualified as a specialist in traumatologic and orthopedic surgers, he spent 12 years working full-time as an emergency medical doctor in a county of Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany and is now working full-time as a senior emergency physician in a major city of over a million people.