Title: East of the mountains
Description: In Washington State, a widowed doctor suffering from cancer takes a hunting trip, the real purpose of which is to commit suicide, which he will masquerade as an accident. But Dr. Ben Givens' resolve is tested by several events which reaffirm the joy of living--he cheats death by fighting off wolves and helps a girl give birth.
Subjects: Suicide, Reminiscing in old age, Cancer, Hunting accidents, Surgeons, Colon (Anatomy), Fiction, Patients, Older men, Fiction, psychological, Physicians, fiction, Seattle (wash.), fiction
Places: Seattle (Wash.)