At the end of life true stories about how we die

A collection of twenty-two personal narratives explores what should be done in the health care system with regards to death, dying, and palliative care.

Other Authors: Gutkind, Lee., Prose, Francine, 1947-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Pittsburgh : Creative Nonfiction, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Editor's Note: Frank at the piano
  • Foreword: New approaches to end-of-life care /
  • Karen Wolk Feinstein
  • Introduction: Last days /
  • Francine Prose
  • To morning /
  • Anne Jacobson
  • On bearing witness /
  • Laurie Foos
  • Insights in the rearview mirror /
  • Phyllis Galley Westover
  • The general /
  • Larry D. Cripe
  • Yellow taxi /
  • Eve Joseph
  • Wake-up call /
  • Catherine A. Musemeche
  • Simple gifts /
  • Beecher Grogan
  • Living and dying well /
  • Therese Zink
  • A better place /
  • Valerie Seiling Jacobs
  • Waiting (to go home) /
  • Howard Mansfield
  • Mr. Stone /
  • Diana Flescher
  • Rules /
  • Maria Meindl
  • Life and death and 911 /
  • Caroline Burau
  • Snowing in Krakow /
  • Marcin Chwistek
  • Do you remember? /
  • Patricia McCarthy
  • The business of grief /
  • Joe Primo
  • This is blood /
  • Sandell Morse
  • A figurative death /
  • Carol Cooley
  • The measure of time /
  • Amanda J. Redig
  • The deep truth /
  • Eugenia Smith
  • The resurrection of Wonder Woman /
  • Eleanor Vincent
  • Twelve breaths a minute /
  • Gulchin A. Ergun.