At peace : choosing a good death after a long life
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First edition.
"At Peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health care proxies can take to insure loved ones pass their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice, when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Informed by more than thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Harrington came to understand that the American health care system wasn't designed to treat the aging population with care and compassion. His work as a hospice trustee and later as a hospital trustee informed his passion for helping patients make appropriate end-of-life decisions"--
Available copies
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Current holds
0 current holds with 3 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Honeoye Public Library | 616.02 (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
52120300342907 |
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| Macedon Public Library | 616.02 HAR (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
52121300603108 |
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| Naples Library | 616.029 HARRINGT (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
52124300345001 |
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| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aHarrington, Samuel ‡c(Physician), ‡eauthor. |
| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aAt peace : ‡bchoosing a good death after a long life / ‡cSamuel Harrington, MD. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bGrand Central Life & Style, ‡c2018. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axix, 282 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c22 cm | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"At Peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health care proxies can take to insure loved ones pass their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice, when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Informed by more than thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Harrington came to understand that the American health care system wasn't designed to treat the aging population with care and compassion. His work as a hospice trustee and later as a hospital trustee informed his passion for helping patients make appropriate end-of-life decisions"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aTerminal care ‡vPopular works. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aTerminally ill ‡vPopular works. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aGeriatrics ‡vPopular works. | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement. ‡2bisacsh. | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aSELF-HELP / Aging. ‡2bisacsh. | |
| 650 | 7. | ‡aMEDICAL / Geriatrics. ‡2bisacsh. | |
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