The Contemporary Deathbed: The Ultimate Rush

By John Anthony Tercier Dr, J Tercier, John Anthony Tercier

How do we picture ourselves dying? A 'death with dignity', the darkened room, and a few murmured farewells? Or in the lights' flashing, siren wailing, chest-pumping maelstrom of the back of an ambulance hurtling towards an ER? Over the last decade, the two most robust vehicles of popular culture: film and television, have opted for the latter scenario. This book examines the hi-tech death of the twenty-first century as enacted in our hospitals and as portrayed on our TV screens.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349523518
• ISBN13: 9781349523511
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7