Ken Hillman
A Good Life to the End
An Australian professor of intensive care asks why so many elderly
people linger in pain and confusion in ICU when all they want is to
die at home in peace and with their loved ones. A crucial and timely
rallying cry against unnecessary suffering and for humanity and gentle
acceptance at the end of our lives.
A huge majority of people at the end of their lives want to die at home,
but only a small number manage to do this. This vital book asks why.
A Good Life to the End will embolden and equip us to ask about the
options that doctors in hospital should offer us but mostly don’t. It
lets us know that there are other, gentler options for patients and their
loved ones that can be much more sympathetic to the final wishes of
most people facing the end of their lives.
Translated by Lenka Kapsová
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208ISBN:
978-80-88126-44-7