Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250160847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today’s modern age. Warraich takes a broader look at how we die today, from the cellular level up to the very definition of death itself. Beyond its ecology, epidemiology, and economics, the very ethos of death has changed. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation about death and dying. Modern Death, Dr. Delving into the vast body of research on the evolving nature of death, Modern Death will provide readers with an enriched understanding of how death differs from the past, what our ancestors got right, and how trends and events have transformed this most final of human experiences.. Dr. Dr. Warraich’s debut book, explore
The author brings us through the 'medicalization' of death and returns us to a deep humanity that we seem to have lost along the way. Haider Warraich escorts us through the complicated and messy world of modern death. The result is rich, splicing harrowing cases from the acute admissions ward into medical history and science as he examines everything from the death of a cell to the impact of death on society."Nature"Dr. Physician Haider Warraich zooms in on these issues in Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life, supplementing me
DR. HAIDER WARRAICH graduated from medical school in Pakistan in 2009. His medical and Op Ed pieces have appeared in many media outlets including the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and the LA Times among others. . He did his residency in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School’s
How Death Has Changed, And What This Means For Patients In this very valuable book, Dr. Warraich examines how death has changed, and discussing the implications of those changes for all of us. We will all die, and most of us will be involved in the deaths of others. But the way most of us die has changed drastically over the past century. Before then, death usually came quickly, at home, and was usually definitive -- the heart stopped. "Dying in America -- probably not what you have in mind" according to Elizabeth Grainger. I am a chaplain in a hospital. Dr. Warraich's well-researched and beautifully written treatise on how modern medicine has changed the way we die closely describes the reality I observe on a daily basis. In attempting to extend life, very often aggressive interventions seem to prolong a painful and confusing dying process that almost no one would elect if they and their families r. Educated Consumer said I didn't give it 5 stars because of one thing - the author pressed a little too hard on how patients want doctors to be like God. Well written subject matter. I didn't give it 5 stars because of one thing - the author pressed a little too hard on how patients want doctors to be like God. I think he missed the point. I don't believe he's Christian, and perhaps that is why I disagree. I found myself saying, "Get over yourself. You're my physician, NOT my savior." I expect a doctor to do everything in his/her