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Conversations on dying : a palliative-care pioneer faces his own death / Phil Dwyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dwyer, Phil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pancreas--Cancer--Patients.
- Pancreas.
- Pancreas--Cancer--Palliative treatment.
- Death--Psychological aspects.
- Death.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Two men face two very different deaths: One, a renowned palliative care doctor, grapples with the reality he helped so many to confront. The other, an ordinary man, faces an ordinary death. Conversations on Dying is a compelling portrayal of two final journeys that challenges you to ask, "What death would I choose?""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Proposal
- Chapter 2: Origins
- Chapter 3: Bed
- Chapter 4: Diagnosis
- Chapter 5: Food
- Chapter 6: Procedures
- Chapter 7: Donkey Derby
- Chapter 8: Callous
- Chapter 9: Song
- Chapter 10: Burden
- Chapter 11: Hospice
- Chapter 12: Treatment
- Chapter 13: Home
- Chapter 14: Grief
- Chapter 15: The War on Cancer
- Chapter 16: Chemoland
- Chapter 17: Blockage
- Chapter 18: Walk
- Chapter 19: Stoic
- Chapter 20: Hope
- Chapter 21: Alive
- Chapter 22: Narrative
- Chapter 23: Cure
- Chapter 24: Funeral.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 20, 2017).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dwyer, Phil, 1955- Conversations on dying.:
- ISBN:
- 1-4597-3195-6
- 1-4597-3194-8
- OCLC:
- 950464349
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