Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death / Katy Butler.
Butler, Katy, 1949- author.
2013
R726.8 .B884 2013 (Mapit)
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Title Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death / Katy Butler.
Author Butler, Katy, 1949- author.
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
ISBN 9781451641974 hardcover alkaline paper
1451641974 hardcover alkaline paper
Published 2013.
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Language English
Description 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number R726.8 .B884 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.02/9
Summary "A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313).
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Pt. 1: The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage
Pt. 2: Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart
Pt. 3: Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water
Pt. 4: Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation
Pt. 5: Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward
Pt. 6: Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled
Pt. 7: Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.

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