Embracing Our Mortality: Hard Choices in an Age of Medical Miracles

by Lawrence J. Schneiderman

While surveys show that most of us would prefer to die at home, 80% of us will die in a health care facility, many hooked up to machines and faced with tough decisions. When you, a family member, or a friend are in this situation, what should you do next? In Embracing Our Mortality, Dr. Lawrence J. Schneiderman, a physician who is our leading expert on medical ethics at the end of life, urges all of us, including health care professionals caring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195339452
• ISBN13: 9780195339451
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.3"