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At peace, choosing a good death after a long life, Samuel Harrington, MD

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At peace, choosing a good death after a long life, Samuel Harrington, MD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At peace

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989965559

Responsibility statement

Samuel Harrington, MD

Sub title

choosing a good death after a long life

Summary

Most people say they would like to die quietly at home, but overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions while undergoing painful procedures, instead of having the better and more peaceful death they desired. Harrington outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health care proxies can take to insure loved ones pass their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice, when further aggressive care is inappropriate

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Limits and failures of American medicine -- Understanding disease -- Practical aspects of planning for death -- Epilogue: Reflections and a road map

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