A Good Life to the End Taking Control of Our Inevitable Journey Through Ageing and Death
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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 The last six months of my mother’s life 9
2 Ageing is not for the weak 19
3 Because we can, we do 47
4 Falls at the end of life 57
5 Apoptosis 75
6 Groundhog Day 83
7 Cognitive decline 91
8 Denise’s manifesto 107
9 Intensive care sans frontières 123
10 Diagnostic dilemmas 131
11 Frailty 153
12 It is hard to die
13 The living will 175
14 Giving up the ghost 201
15 Futility 221
16 Intensive care: the beginning of the end 231
17 Knockin’ on heaven’s door 245
18 How to choose a good doctor and a good hospital 253
19 The medicalisation of grieving 267
20 The taboos of ageing, death and dying 279
21 Where to next? 289
Acknowledgements 296
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