000586053 000__ 02192cam\a2200397\i\4500 000586053 001__ 586053 000586053 005__ 20210515021838.0 000586053 008__ 130506s2013\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\000\0deng\\ 000586053 010__ $$a 2013017659 000586053 019__ $$a816512731$$a817579010$$a857589279 000586053 020__ $$a9781451641974$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000586053 020__ $$a1451641974$$qhardcover$$qalkaline paper 000586053 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn843955794 000586053 035__ $$a586053 000586053 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dOCLCO$$dYDXCP$$dWIQ$$dIK2$$dBUR$$dVTL$$dVP@$$dMOF$$dMLY$$dCDX$$dDNJ$$dBTCTA$$dCCE$$dDGU$$dZCU$$dEXS$$dU9V 000586053 049__ $$aISEA 000586053 05000 $$aR726.8$$b.B884 2013 000586053 08200 $$a616.02/9$$223 000586053 1001_ $$aButler, Katy,$$d1949-$$eauthor. 000586053 24510 $$aKnocking on heaven's door :$$bthe path to a better way of death /$$cKaty Butler. 000586053 250__ $$aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 000586053 264_1 $$c2013. 000586053 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bScribner,$$c2013. 000586053 300__ $$a322 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c23 cm 000586053 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000586053 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000586053 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000586053 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-313). 000586053 5050_ $$aPt. 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. 000586053 520__ $$a"A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000586053 60010 $$aButler, Katy,$$d1949-$$xFamily. 000586053 60012 $$aButler, Katy,$$d1949- 000586053 650_0 $$aTerminal care. 000586053 650_0 $$aTerminal care$$xDecision making. 000586053 650_0 $$aEuthanasia$$xMoral and ethical aspects. 000586053 650_0 $$aAdult children of aging parents$$xFamily relationships. 000586053 85200 $$bgen$$hR726.8$$i.B884$$i2013 000586053 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:586053$$pGLOBAL_SET 000586053 980__ $$aBIB 000586053 980__ $$aBOOK