Modern death : how medicine changed the end of life /
"There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today's modern age. Dr. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- How Cells Die
- How Life (and Death) Were Prolonged
- Where Death Lives Now
- How We Learned Not to Resuscitate
- How Death Was Redefined
- When the Heart Stops
- When Death Transcends
- When Guardians Are Burdened
- How Death Is Negotiated
- Why Families Fall
- When Death Is Desired
- When the Plug is Pulled
- #WhenDeathIsShared.