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Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life

Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life

Warraich, Haider

Paperback

Medical ReferenceDeath & Dying

Publisher Price: $24.00

ISBN10: 1250160847
ISBN13: 9781250160843
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: May 1 2018
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Warraich's elegant and poignant book takes us on an unforgettable journey....He succeeds in humanizing a complex topic. --Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gene

There is no more universal truth in life than death. No matter who you are, it is certain that one day you will die, but the mechanics and understanding of that experience will differ greatly in today's modern age. Dr. Haider Warraich is a young and brilliant new voice in the conversation about death and dying. Dr. Warraich takes a broader look at how we die today, from the cellular level up to the very definition of death itself.

The most basic aspects of dying--the whys, wheres, whens, and hows--are almost nothing like what they were mere decades ago. Beyond its ecology, epidemiology, and economics, the very ethos of death has changed. Modern Death, Dr. Warraich's debut book, explores the rituals and language of dying that have developed in the last century, and how modern technology has not only changed the hows, whens, and wheres of death, but the what of death.

Delving into the vast body of research on the evolving nature of death, Modern Death will provide readers with an enriched understanding of how death differs from the past, what our ancestors got right, and how trends and events have transformed this most final of human experiences.

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