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008			140107s2013 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a2013017659
020			_a9781451641974
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aR726.8 _b.B884 2013
082	0	0	_a616.029 BUT
100	1		_aButler, Katy _d, 1949 -
245	1	0	_aKnocking on heaven's door _b: the path to a better way of death _c/ Katy Butler
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Scribner _c, 2013
300			_a322 p. _c; 23 cm.
520			_aA 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.
650		0	_aTerminal Care
650		0	_aDecision making
650		0	_aEuthanasia
650		0	_aAdult children of aging parents
650		7	_aFamily relashionship
650			_aMorals and ethical aspects
942			_cMO
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