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Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death

Katy Butler

Through her parents' contrasting final years, Katy Butler makes choices about treatment and dying concrete, and asks how families and clinicians can protect comfort and agency.

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21 parts, about 24 minutes to read.

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Author
Katy Butler
Parts
21 parts
Reading time
about 24 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Prologue1 min
  2. Along Came a Blackbird1 min
  3. The Tyranny of Hope1 min
  4. Rites of Passage1 min
  5. Fast Medicine2 min
  6. Inventing Lifesaving and Transforming Death1 min
  7. My Father's Open Heart1 min
  8. Not Getting Better1 min
  9. Dharma Sisters1 min
  10. Broke Down Palace1 min
  11. White Water1 min
  12. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice1 min
  13. The Business of Lifesaving1 min
  14. Deactivation2 min
  15. The Art of Dying1 min
  16. Afterward1 min
  17. Valerie Makes Up Her Mind1 min
  18. Old Plum Tree Bent and Gnarled2 min
  19. Afterword: The Path to a Better Way of Death1 min
  20. A Map through the Labyrinth1 min
  21. Notes for a New Art of Dying1 min

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