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Modern death : how medicine changed the end of life / Haider Warraich.
By: Warraich, Haider [author]
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BookPublisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c2017Edition: First edition.Description: x, 324 pages ; 24 centimetres.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250104588 (hardback).Subject(s): Terminal care -- Decision making | Palliative treatment | Death | Right to dieOther classification: SOC036000 | MED042000 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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books | Science & Technology Studies Collection | 61 WARRAICH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2402379905 |
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