At the End of Life: True Stories About How We Die Audiobook (Free)

What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?

The present day healthcare system has become effective in staving off death with aggressive interventions. And yet, ultimately everyone dies-and although most People in america say they might prefer to die peacefully in the home, over fifty percent of all deaths take place in clinics or health care facilities.

By the end of Life-the most recent collaborative book project between your Creative Nonfiction Foundation and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation-tackles this about By the end of Life: True Stories ABOUT HOW EXACTLY We Die conundrum head on. Featuring twenty-two convincing personal-medical narratives, the collection explores death, dying, and palliative care, and features current features, imperfections, and advancements in the healthcare system.

Here, a poet and former hospice worker reflects on death’s mysteries; a boy wanders the halls of his mother’s nursing home, lost in the small absurdities of the area; a grief counselor struggles with losing his personal grandfather; a medical intern traces the roots and meaning of your time; a mom anguishes over her decision to turn off her daughter’s lifestyle support and invite her organs to become gathered; and a nurse remembers many of her former sufferers.

These initial, compelling personal narratives reveal the inner workings of private hospitals, homes, and hospices where individuals, their doctors and themselves all battle to hold on-and to release.