A life worth living
Subtitle: a doctor's reflections on illness in a high-tech era
By: Robert Martensen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780374266660
Subjects: Chronic diseases; Catastrophic illness; Medicine -- Philosophy; Medical innovations; Critical Illness -- psychology; Physicians -- psychology; Attitude to Death; Biomedical Technology -- trends; Caregivers -- psychology; Personal Narratives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trials of the body; title: Less traveled paths; title: Illusions of control; title: Elective choices; title: Reflections on the plight of sick children; title: If this is a person; title: Life in the narrows; title: As day goes nigh.