So the "low-grade freedom" that accompanied the expectation of death has been suddenly pulled away.
Could it be that, instead of the cancer, it was his expectation of death that killed him?
His doctor wrote: "Could it be that, instead of the cancer, it was his expectation of death that killed him?" It's a fascinating question.
On the damages issue, Donald A. Migliori, a lawyer for the family, cited not only the calls to the ground, which have been detailed in the 9/11 commission report, but also analysis of the plane's violent final moments, as passengers were thrown about, increasing their fear and expectation of death.
Living with the expectation of death or loss can cause us to experience the same array of emotions that develop after the loss actually happens, including shock, denial, helplessness, sorrow, anger and physical pain.
A factor in the development of their love came from Tolkien's personal belief that feelings grew quickly in periods of great stress and under the expectation of death.
As such patients often have no expectation of death and no despair, and equally no hope of cure.
Therefore exclusion criteria were: expectation of death or hospital discharge within 2 days, lacking capacity to make medical treatment decisions, or previous completion of formal ACP.
The scale ranges from 01-10 ("persistent danger of severely hurting self or others OR persistent inability to maintain minimum personal hygiene OR serious suicidal act with clear expectation of death") to 91-100 ("superior functioning in a wide range of activities, life's problems never seem to get out of hand, is sought out by others because of his or her many qualities. No symptoms").
The gremlins, riding the wings of British combat planes & lousing up the mechanisms at critical moments, have their own peculiar dignity as the Gothic creatures of a civilized imagination that is cheerfully coping with the expectation of sudden death.
