This book is a precedent-setting analysis of our current approach to death and dying. Its premise-that a "better death" is possible if we discard our preconceptions and employ the medical technology at our disposal-clearly differentiates it from other books on this subject. While the book criticizes all the parties who extend life beyond any reasonable point, it also offers positive, practical steps for making the dying process more tolerable and humane for everyone involved.
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Dr. M. Maurice Abitbol has spent many years treating terminal patients. As practitioner at New York’s Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and as an associate professor at the State University of New York, Dr. Abitbol brings both practical and academic perspectives to this subject. Drawing on his experiences with a wide variety of dying patients as well as his extensive knowledge of the cultural, historical and anthropological aspects of death, Dr. Abitbol has unusually strong credentials for our often difficult assessment to the realities of mortality.
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