"The Great Task of Dying: A Record of Six Months Living with Cancer" Fuyuko Uesaka A posthumous work by author Fuyuko Uesaka, who passed away on April 14, 2009. After a recurrence of cancer was discovered in the fall of '08, and in a condition considered beyond help, she chose "palliative care" to live her remaining time meaningfully. It was also a time when she accepted her illness and thoroughly pursued "how to die in a way that was true to herself." Uesaka also questioned the medical system, where many "cancer refugees" are unable to receive the treatment they desire. She detailed her own struggle with the disease and interviewed doctors in her hospital room, compiling the manuscript. With an unprecedentedly candid writing style, this "final masterpiece" reveals the true feelings and realities of a terminally ill cancer patient. [Table of Contents] ◆ In Memoriam: As an Author Until the Very End ◆ Chapter 1: Don't Cure Cancer, Live with It (What's the difference between end-of-life care and palliative care; "The elderly progress slowly" is a myth; I'd be happy if it wasn't a "torturous death"; I've already sold the house I lived in) ◆ Chapter 2: The "Life-or-Death Trust" Connecting Doctors and Patients (Women wither like a dead tree, men snap; I will follow my doctor's philosophy of life since I entrusted my life to him; The Japanese view of death, finding beauty in "falling cherry blossoms") ◆ Chapter 3: To Live Life in My Own Way (I cannot forgive the medical system that creates "cancer refugees"; Do you know when you will die?; If possible, I want to die without anyone knowing) ◆ Chapter 4: Holistic Medicine for All Patients (The president of Jikei University Hospital speaks about "major issues in the medical system"; The inherited spirit of "caring for the sick" and what the Japanese have lost) #FuyukoUesaka #Books #JapaneseLiterature/Novels/Stories