Living With Dying: Finding Care and Compassion at the End of Life - Couverture souple

McCartney, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780661509 ISBN 13 : 9781780661506

Editeur : Pinter & Martin Ltd., 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"What kind of death do we want, where do we want it. Is death the enemy? No, sometimes, claims Margaret McCartney, it can be medicine itself. [Living with Dying] is a fabulous, elegant book an absolute five-star must read."Roy Lilley

"An extremely sensible book, reflecting on the balance between what can and what should be done at the end of life. I would recommend it highly."Nick Hopkinson

"A brilliant thought-provoking read."Jane Brocksom

Our ageing population is a modern success story, and success brings problems. The new demographic is for people to die in old age, or extreme old age, but with multiple illnesses and diagnoses, and on a cocktail of medication. But where is the balance of medicine between curing and caring? Are we neglecting the wellbeing of the dying person in our desire to fight death at all costs?

Margaret McCartney, author of The Patient Paradox, takes a balanced look at the way we handle end of life care. She finds that medicine can harm as well as help, and that non-medical interventions can sometimes be more effective. She argues for a more compassionate and humane approach to the care of the dying which puts the needs of the individual first.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Margaret McCartney is a GP in Glasgow, and has three children. She started writing for the press after being infuriated by an article in a newspaper which claimed that CT body screening was the way to stay well. Since then she has written for most UK newspapers, as well as the British Medical Journal (BMJ), other magazines such as Vogue and Prospect, has had columns in the Guardian and the FT Weekend, and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Inside Health. She has won prizes from the Medical Journalists Association and the European School of Oncology, as well as the Healthwatch award.

She has a strong interest in evidence, professionalism, screening and risk. She blogs and tweets. Her first book was the acclaimed The Patient Paradox.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pinter & Martin Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780661509
• ISBN 13: 9781780661506
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256