Phil Dwyer

Conversations on Dying

A Palliative-Care Pioneer Faces His Own Death

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Two men face two very different deaths: One, a renowned palliative care doctor, grapples with the reality he helped so many to confront. The other, an ordinary man, faces an ordinary death. Conversations on Dying is a compelling portrayal of two final journeys that challenges you to ask, "What death would I choose?"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ontario Genealogical Society
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781459731936
• ISBN-10: 145973193X
• Artikelnr.: 43215259

Autorenporträt

Phil Dwyer's journalism, essays, travel writing, and fiction have been published in over fifteen international titles, including The Financial Times, The Times (of London), and the Globe and Mail. He is an alumnus of the Humber School for Writers. He lives in Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Chapter 1: Proposal
Chapter 2: Origins
Chapter 3: Bed
Chapter 4: Diagnosis
Chapter 5: Food
Chapter 6: Procedures
Chapter 7: Donkey Derby
Chapter 8: Callous
Chapter 9: Song
Chapter 10: Burden
Chapter 11: Hospice
Chapter 12: Treatment
Chapter 13: Home
Chapter 14: Grief
Chapter 15: The War on Cancer
Chapter 16: Chemoland
Chapter 17: Blockage
Chapter 18: Walk
Chapter 19: Stoic
Chapter 20: Hope
Chapter 21: Alive
Chapter 22: Narrative
Chapter 23: Cure
Chapter 24: Funeral
Acknowledgements