Rescuing Jeffrey
Subtitle: A True Story
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: March 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781565122703
Subjects: Patients; Spinal cord; General; Euthanasia; Family & Relationships; Biography / Autobiography; Specific Groups - Special Needs; Biography/Autobiography; Rehabilitation; Parental Memoirs; Wounds and injuries; Death, Grief, Bereavement; Biography
Description: The author shares his feelings upon learning that a diving accident had left his teenage son Jeffrey paralyzed from the neck down, and discusses his resolve over the ten days following the diagnosis to "save" Jeffrey by removing his life support.