THE WELCOME VISITOR by John Humphrys ( 9780340923788 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE WELCOME VISITOR

By:

John Humphrys

Format:

Paperback

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£9.99

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ISBN 10:

0340923784

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9780340923788

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Publisher:

HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION

Pub. date:

21 January, 2010

Pages:

288

Description:

The first book - personal, practical and ethical - to deal with death and dying well by a popular Radio 4 Today presenter alongside a high-profile GP

Synopsis:

Death is a subject modern society shies away from. Even doctors avoid the word. But if we regard death as a failure in our desire to prolong life, can we ever arrive at a humane approach to those whose lives have lost meaning? Are we keeping people alive simply because we can?Here, John Humphrys and his co-author Dr Sarah Jarvis take a wider look at how our attitudes to death have changed as doctors have learned how to prolong life beyond anything that could have been imagined only a few generations ago, and confront one of the great challenges facing the western world today.There are no easy answers but the first step must surely be to accept that death can be as welcome as it is inevitable.

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