Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death
Butler, Katy , 1949 -
Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death / Katy Butler - First Scribner hardcover edition. - New York : Scribner , 2013 - 322 p. ; 23 cm.
A memoir and expose; of modern medicine that leads the way to more humane, less invasive end-of-life care based on the author's acclaimed New York Times Magazine piece. This is the story of one daughter's struggle to allow her parents the peaceful, natural deaths they wanted and to investigate the larger forces in medicine that stood in the way. Caring for declining parents is a reality facing millions who may someday tell a doctor: "Let my parent go." A riveting exploration of the forgotten art of dying, Knocking on Heaven's Door empowers readers to create new rites of passage to the "Good Deaths" our ancestors so prized.
9781451641974
2013017659
Terminal Care
Decision making
Euthanasia
Adult children of aging parents
Family relashionship
Morals and ethical aspects
R726.8 / .B884 2013
616.029 BUT
Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death / Katy Butler - First Scribner hardcover edition. - New York : Scribner , 2013 - 322 p. ; 23 cm.
A memoir and expose; of modern medicine that leads the way to more humane, less invasive end-of-life care based on the author's acclaimed New York Times Magazine piece. This is the story of one daughter's struggle to allow her parents the peaceful, natural deaths they wanted and to investigate the larger forces in medicine that stood in the way. Caring for declining parents is a reality facing millions who may someday tell a doctor: "Let my parent go." A riveting exploration of the forgotten art of dying, Knocking on Heaven's Door empowers readers to create new rites of passage to the "Good Deaths" our ancestors so prized.
9781451641974
2013017659
Terminal Care
Decision making
Euthanasia
Adult children of aging parents
Family relashionship
Morals and ethical aspects
R726.8 / .B884 2013
616.029 BUT
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