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Zitter, Jessica Nutik
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Terminal care.
Terminally ill -- Care
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Zitter, Jessica Nutik
Terminal care.
Terminally ill -- Care
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Extreme
measures
: [
finding
a
better
path
to the
end
of
life
] / Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD.
by
Zitter, Jessica Nutik
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
Call #:
616.029 Z82e
Subjects
Terminal care.
Terminally ill -- Care
ISBN:
9781101982556 (hc)
Description:
xiv, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-324) and index.
Contents:
Alone in the trenches -- The end-of-life conveyor belt -- Abandoned in a sea of options -- The illusion collusion -- Where we come from -- Who we are -- The personal toll -- Sharing the journey.
Summary:
"An ICU and Palliative Care specialist featured in the Netflix documentary Extremis offers a framework for a
better
way to exit
life
that will change our medical culture at the deepest level. In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care--to become an ICU physician--and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from the brink of death. But then during her first code she found herself cracking the ribs of a patient so old and frail it was unimaginable he would ever come back to
life
. She began to question her choice.
Extreme
Measures
charts Zitter's journey from wanting to be one kind of hero to becoming another--a doctor who prioritizes the patient's values and preferences in an environment where the default choice is the
extreme
use of technology. In our current medical culture, the old and the ill are put on what she terms the End-of-Life Conveyor belt. They are intubated, catheterized, and even shelved away in care facilities to suffer their final days alone, confused, and often in pain. In her work Zitter has learned what patients fear more than death itself : the prospect of dying badly. She builds bridges between patients and caregivers, formulates plans to allay patients' pain and anxiety, and enlists the support of loved ones so that
life
can
end
well, even beautifully. Filled with rich patient stories that make a compelling medical narrative,
Extreme
Measures
enlarges the national conversation as it thoughtfully and compassionately examines an experience that defines being human."--From publisher.
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