Last rights :
Kiernan, Stephen P.
Last rights : rescuing the end of life from the medical system / Stephen P. Kiernan. - New York : London : Griffin ; Turnaround [distributor], 2008. - 320 p. ; (pbk) 25 cm.
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Up to the 1970s, most Americans died swiftly: of heart attacks, strokes, cancer, or in accidents. But in the past three decades, medical advances have extended our lives and changed the way we die. Journalist Kiernan reveals the disconnect between how patients want to live the end of life & the reality.
9780312374648 (pbk.) : �9.99
Terminal care.
Death.
Society.
Ethics
R726.8 / .K52 2008
179.7
Last rights : rescuing the end of life from the medical system / Stephen P. Kiernan. - New York : London : Griffin ; Turnaround [distributor], 2008. - 320 p. ; (pbk) 25 cm.
Originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Up to the 1970s, most Americans died swiftly: of heart attacks, strokes, cancer, or in accidents. But in the past three decades, medical advances have extended our lives and changed the way we die. Journalist Kiernan reveals the disconnect between how patients want to live the end of life & the reality.
9780312374648 (pbk.) : �9.99
Terminal care.
Death.
Society.
Ethics
R726.8 / .K52 2008
179.7