Knocking on heaven's door
Subtitle: the path to a better way of death
By: Katy Butler
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9781410463234
Subjects: Adult children of aging parents; Moral and ethical aspects; Decision making; Euthanasia; Large type books; Family relationships; Terminal care
Description: "A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (pages 457-503).
Table of contents: title: The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage; title: Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart; title: Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water; title: Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation; title: Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward; title: Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled; title: Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.