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A Midwife through the Dying Process : Stories of Healing and Hard Choices at the End of Life
A Midwife through the Dying Process Stories of Healing and Hard Choices at the End of Life Author:Timothy E. Quill Approximately two-thirds of deaths in the United States involve a doctor's partnership with an individual, whether it be for the administration of pain relief or sedation or for the act of discontinuing or not beginning life-sustaining treatment. In A Midwife through the Dying Process, Timothy Quill, M.D., explores that partnership and t... more »he complex end-of-life issues that surround physician-assisted death. Here are the stories of nine individuals and their very different endings, common only in each person's struggle to confront issues of law and ethics and to realize a "good" death.« less