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Extreme Measures

Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

ISBN-13: 9781101982556

Author(s): Jessica Nutik Zitter

Subjects: Family and Health

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Avery

Publication Date: 23-02-2017

Format: Hardback

Availability: Temporary unavailable

£24.99

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About the book

In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Currently, the old and the ill are intubated, catheterised, and even shelved away in care facilities to live out their final days alone, confused, and sometimes in pain. In her work, Zitter has learned to understand that what patients fear more than death itself is the prospect of dying alone. Filled with the kinds of rich patient stories that make the most compelling medical narratives, Extreme Measures thoughtfully and compassionately examines an experience that defines being human.

Extreme Measures

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