Modern death : how medicine changed the end of life / Haider Warraich.
2017
R726.8 .W37 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Modern death : how medicine changed the end of life / Haider Warraich.
Author
Warraich, Haider, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781250104588 (hardcover)
1250104580 (hardcover)
1250104580 (hardcover)
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
x, 324 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
R726.8 .W37 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
179.7
Summary
"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 about death and dying started by Dr. Sherwin Nuland's classic How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, and Atul Gawande's recent sensation, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Dr. Warraich takes a broader look at how we die today, from the cellular level up to the very definition of death itself. The most basic aspects of dying--the whys, wheres, whens, and hows--are almost nothing like what they were mere decades ago. Beyond its ecology, epidemiology, and economics, the very ethos of death has changed. Modern Death, Dr. Warraich's debut book, will explore the rituals and language of dying that have developed in the last century, and how modern technology has not only changed the hows, whens, and wheres of death, but the what of death. Delving into the vast body of research on the evolving nature of death, Modern Death will provide readers with an enriched understanding of how death differs from the past, what our ancestors got right, and how trends and events have transformed this most final of human experiences"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index.
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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.
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.