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The good death : an exploration of dying in America / Ann Neumann.

by Neumann, Ann, 1968-

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Beacon Press, 2016.

Terminal care -- United States.

Palliative treatment -- United States.

Quality of life.

9780807080627 (hc.)

0807080624 (hc.)

240 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Terminal restlessness -- Mortality parade -- Priceless days -- Double effect -- Hunger and thirst -- As mall but significant minority -- The most vulnerable -- Dying inside -- A good death.

"Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. If a good death exists, what does it look like? This question lies at the heart of Neumann's rigorously researched and intimately told journey along the ultimate borderland of American life: American death. From church basements to hospital wards to prison cells, Neumann charts the social, political, religious, and medical landscape to explore how we die today. Personal accounts as well as a historical exploration of the movements and developments that have changed the ways we experience death. A portrait of death today that is humane, beautifully written, and essential to our greater understanding of the future of end-of-life care"--Provided by publisher.

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