Death and Dying

by Nicole M Piemonte and Nicole M. Piemonte

An examination of the contemporary medicalization of death and dying that calls us to acknowledge instead death's existential and emotional realities.

Death is a natural, inevitable, and deeply human process, and yet Western medicine tends to view it as a medical failure. In their zeal to prevent death, physicians and hospitals often set patients and their families on a seemingly unstoppable trajectory toward medical interventions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262542420
• ISBN13: 9780262542425
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 6.9"