{"product_id":"death-interrupted-blair-bigham-9781487008543","title":"Death Interrupted: How Modern Medicine Is Complicating the Way We Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDeath Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e, ICU doctor Blair Bigham shares his first-hand experiences of how medicine has complicated the way we die and offers a road map for dying in the modern era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoctors today can call on previously unimaginable technologies to help keep our bodies alive almost indefinitely. But this unprecedented shift in intensive care has created a major crisis. In the widening grey zone between life and death, doctors fight with doctors, families feel pressured to make tough decisions about their loved ones, and lawyers are left to argue life-and-death cases in the courts. Meanwhile, intensive care patients are caught in purgatory, attached to machines and unable to speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough conversations with critical care and end-of-life professionals--including ethicists, social workers, nurses, and doctors--and observations from his own time working in ambulances, emergency rooms, and the icu, Dr. Blair Bigham exposes the tensions inherent in this new era of dying by addressing the tough questions facing us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair Bigham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487008546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487008543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walrus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Blair Bigham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945891463423,"sku":"9781487008543","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e9f329d1-edf4-485d-bcf5-a8321e7df745.jpg?v=1681510348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-interrupted-blair-bigham-9781487008543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}