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A Good Life to the End: Taking Control of Our Inevitable Journey Through Ageing and Death
Contributor(s): Hillman, Ken (Author)
ISBN: 1760294810     ISBN-13: 9781760294816
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
OUR PRICE:   $21.56  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Developmental - Adulthood & Aging
- Self-help | Aging
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages
 
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A huge majority of people at the end of their lives want to die at home, but only a small number manage to do this. This vital book asks why. Many of us have experienced an elderly loved one coming to the end of their life in a hospital--over-treated, infantilized, and, worst of all, facing a death without dignity. Families are being herded into making decisions that are not to the benefit of the patient. Professor Ken Hillman has worked in intensive care since its inception. But he is appalled by the way the ICU has become a place where the frail, soon-to-die, and dying are given unnecessary operations and life-prolonging treatments without their wishes being taken into account. A Good Life to the End will embolden and equip us to ask about the options that doctors in hospital should offer us but mostly don't. It lets us know that there are other, gentler options for patients and their loved ones that can be much more sympathetic to the final wishes of most people facing the end of their lives. An invaluable support for the elderly as well as their families, and a rallying cry for anyone who's had to witness the unnecessary suffering of a loved one, A Good Life to the End will spark debate, challenge the status quo, and change lives.