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Large print book

Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 616.029 B9859 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Detroit : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2013]

Physical Description

519 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Summary

"A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--

Contents

  • Pt. 1: The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage
  • Pt. 2: Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart
  • Pt. 3: Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water
  • Pt. 4: Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation
  • Pt. 5: Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward
  • Pt. 6: Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled
  • Pt. 7: Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.

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