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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....
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Fern Books
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"In 2015, the Argentinian novelist Eduardo Berti spent several weeks in a "medico-literary" residency at the University Hospital Centre in Rouen, France, observing and conversing with the staff and volunteers of its palliative care department. From that experience he created this series of lightly fictionalized testimonials from nurses, nursing aides, doctors, administrators, porters, volunteer musicians, and the other people who make the unit tick....
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"After my son Kyle Ferriera van Leer declared his major in Egyptology at Yale in 2010, he mentioned the Book of Two Ways in passing. Without knowing a thing about it, I said, "That's a great title for a novel." It was only after he began to explain what it actually was that I realized what I needed to write about - the construct of time, and love, and life, and death"--
Dawn Edelstein is on a plane when she is told to prepare for a crash landing....
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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First edition.
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x, 324 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today's modern age. Dr. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation about death and dying started by Dr. Sherwin Nuland's classic How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, and Atul Gawande's recent sensation, Being Mortal:...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. If a good death exists, what does it look like? This question lies at the heart of Neumann's rigorously researched and intimately told journey along the ultimate borderland of American life: American death. From church basements to hospital wards to prison cells, Neumann charts the social, political,...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
1996
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xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A Midwife through the Dying Process illustrates one physician's vision of a better way to die, focusing on partnership, commitment, and joint decision-making. Timothy Quill, M.D., explores questions faced daily by patients, families, and their physicians in confronting terminal illness and the choice between aggressive medical therapy and hospice-oriented approaches that emphasize the quality of life." "At the heart of this book are the compassionate...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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x, 269 pages ; 26 cm
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English
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"Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"--
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Twenty-four-year-old Edward Warren, has been living in Thailand for five years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: his dad lies comatose, gravely injured in the same accident that has also injured his younger sister Cara. With her father's chances for recovery dwindling, Cara wants to wait for a miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his father's...
11) Our friend
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Journalist Matt, his vibrant wife Nicole and their two young daughters, have their lives upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux offers to come and help out. As Dane puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, the impact of this life-altering decision proves greater and more profound than anyone could...
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
1996
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262 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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One of the founders of the hospice movement in America, Dr. Robert W. Buckingham notes that today's modern medical facilities come fully equipped with the technology and sophisticated procedures to prolong life, but often they are ill-prepared to comfort the dying and ease the grief of loved ones left behind. In his continuing efforts to advocate pain-relieving care and human concern for those who are reaching the end of life, Dr. Buckingham offers...
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Reveal Press, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 26 cm
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English
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"Death doulas support people practically, emotionally, and spiritually to prepare for death. This workbook brings the first-hand expertise of a death doula to those navigating the end of life-offering gentle and practical ways to explore their values, process their legacy, build connection with loved ones, prepare a comfortable death, and create a meaningful memorial"--
"Find practical and emotional support for your journey with this immersive workbook.If...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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"A musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing, to lose. A Star Is Born meets Me Before You in this powerful novel by the author of A Million Reasons Why. As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston's job-her calling, her purpose, her life-is to help terminally ill people make peace with their impending death. Unlike her business partner, who swears by her system of checklists, free-spirited Nova doesn't...
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J. Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
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viii, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns. A rare blend of powerful storytelling and practical information, Caregiving is a revelation.
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xvi, 251 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"The healthcare system has a narrow view of how to provide end-of-life care, focusing on extending a patient's life at all costs instead of caring holistically for the person. The central idea of this book is that in old age, or when facing a terminal diagnosis, it is more important to understand your life than to extend it. A natural death means accepting that, at some point, we are old enough or sick enough to die. In our cynical and overly clinical...
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Viva Editions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
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xxii, 223 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"There's a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care-nearly 44 percent of all deaths-and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel, is the first book to take...
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