Last Rights

Name: Last Rights
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ISBN: 9780312374648

ISBN-10: 031237464X

ISBN-13: 9780312374648

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen P. Kiernan

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"Gripping...A superb resource for boomers dealing with their parents' final days...as well as for health-care professionals who need to hear this story from the other side." --Kirkus Reviews With advances in medicine, technology, and daily diet and exercise practices, Americans are living longer than ever before. We have an unprecedented opportunity for meaningful closure - free of pain, among loved ones, with our affairs in order and spiritual calm attained. Instead, most of us discover that our doctor has minimal training in providing end-of-life care, and will seek to extend life no matter how painful, expensive and futile that effort might be. In "Last Rights," award-winning…

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 12/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



The Imprint a Body Makes



Last Hours



This Is the News



A Baby and a Basketball Game



A Dog Is Better Than a Pill



So Much Potential



Not an Emergency



What Is a Crisis?



Possible Paths



Still Alive



Mysteries of Life



Two Visions



Heal Thyself



Doctors' Beginnings



"Take Five Years"



A Piece of Cake



"This Was Medicine



"Maybe I Can Make You Laugh"



Barriers to Change



Medicine and Love are Not the Same Thing



One Experience



Families as "Problems"



No One in Charge



The Economics of Dying



The Most Important Time



Smelling the Roses



"Her Wishes Were Totally Ignored"



The Desire for Control



Dreams Coming True



The Final Caress



"We Can Celebrate"



A Gift of Silver



Lobster Newburg



A Bowl of Applesauce



Illness As Opportunity



The Lesson of the Leaves



The Endless Cycle



An Agenda for Improvement



Four Final Lessons


Sources and Resources


Acknowledgments


Index