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The Way We Die Now
Seamus O´mahony
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Description for The Way We Die Now
Paperback. An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of ... Read more
We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784974282
SKU
9781784974282
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Ref
99-3
About Seamus O´mahony
Dr Seamus O'Mahony is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Cork University Hospital. He is associate editor for medical humanities of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.
Reviews for The Way We Die Now
'Trenchant but compassionate' Irish Daily Mail. 'A searingly honest and humane book that is challenging yet profoundly important' Guardian. 'A provocative essay' Sunday Independent (Dublin). 'Compelling, throught-provoking book' The Tablet. 'A joy to read ... I hope that when I die that I have a doctor like O'Mahony to look after me' BMJ blog. 'The book forces you to confront ... Read more