Meeting Death: In Hospital, Hospice and Home de Robertson, Heather-Jane - 2000

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Good Condition. Minor wear. Binding fairly tight, pages clean. Remainder mark on bottom page edge. Dust Jacket has Minor to Moderate wear, light chipping present. Pictures available upon request.

McClelland & Stewart. Used - Very Good.

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Tight, clean and unmarked-" When Heather Robertson was told that her father had terminal cancer, she realized that, in practical ways, she was totally unprepared for his death. She had dozens of questions but found no clear place to go for answers. She was also shocked by the indifference and poor medical care she encountered and felt the medical system let both her and her father down. After her father's death, she embarked on a journey through the world of the dying. Meeting Death is a memoir of her travels, one that takes place on both imaginative and practical levels it not only looks at how health-care practitioners deal with death, but it also looks at the cultural meanings we give to death and dying and the place we allow mortality in our lives. After studying to be a home-care volunteer, she set out on a journey to see how death treats us, and how we treat death, in fact, and fancy. The Greek myth of the boatman who ferries the dying from this world across the River Styx, and the modern myth,… Leer más

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart [0-7710-7562-6] 2000. (Hardcover) 352pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. "In 1995, Heather Robertson flew to Winnipeg to care for her father after he was told that he had terminal cancer. To her great dismay, she realized that, in practical and emotional ways, she was totally unprepared for his death. She had dozens of questions and knew there were others she should be asking, but found no place to go to for answers". Book about Terminal Care. (Medicine, Death, Health, Hospital, Medicine, Palliative Care).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.