How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781439908235)

As we live longer and die slower and differently than our ancestors, we have come to rely more and more on end-of-life caregivers. These workers navigate a changing landscape of old age and death that many of us have little preparation to encounter. How We Die Now is an absorbing and sensitive investigation of end-of-life issues from the perspectives of patients, relatives, medical professionals, and support staff. Karla Erickson immersed herself in the daily life of workers and elders in a Midwestern community for over two years to explore important questions around the theme of "how we die now." She moves readers through and beyond the many fears that attend the social condition of old age and reveals the pleasures of living longer and the costs of slower, sometimes senseless ways of dying. For all of us who are grappling with the "elder boom," How We Die Now offers new ways of thinking about our longer lives.

Author: Karla Erickson
ISBN-10: 1439908230
ISBN-13: 9781439908235
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2013
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2014