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"A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--
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Knocking on heaven's door: the path to a better way of death
2013
in English
- Large print edition.
1410463230 9781410463234
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Table of Contents
The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage
Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart
Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water
Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation
Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward
Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled
Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-503).
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