A Midwife through the Dying Process: Stories of Healing and Hard Choices at the End of Life

by Timothy E. Quill MD

Approximately two-thirds of deaths in the United States involve a doctor's partnership with an individual, whether it be for the administration of pain relief or sedation or for the act of discontinuing or not beginning life-sustaining treatment. In A Midwife through the Dying Process , Timothy Quill, M.D., explores that partnership and the complex end-of-life issues that surround physician-assisted death. Here are the stories of nine individuals and their very different endings, common only in each person's struggle to confront issues of law and ethics and to realize a "good"death.

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 1996

Reviews

[Cass · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit dated, but if you are not familiar with the concept of palliative care this is a place you could start.