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Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality

Pauline W. Chen

What should doctors do for patients and families at the end of life, and what keeps them from doing it?

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Author
Pauline W. Chen

Why read it

  • You will see why doctors so often fail to plan for a patient's last hours, leaving families to step in
  • You will learn how doctors meet death in training and what that does to them
  • You will feel readier to speak up for comfort when someone you love is dying

Who it is for

  • An adult with an aging or seriously ill parent
  • A doctor, nurse or student about to face patients' deaths
  • Anyone who wants to think about the end of life early

Contents

  1. Note to the Reader
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. Part I
  4. Chapter 1
  5. Chapter 2
  6. Chapter 3
  7. Part II
  8. Chapter 4
  9. Chapter 5
  10. Chapter 6
  11. Part III
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. EPILOGUE

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