{"product_id":"how-we-die-now-karla-erickson-9781439908235","title":"How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eHow We Die Now\u003c\/i\u003e 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,\" \u003ci\u003eHow We Die Now\u003c\/i\u003e offers new ways of thinking about our longer lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karla Erickson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439908230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439908235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014","brand":"Karla Erickson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425258717439,"sku":"9781439908235","price":91.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8252455d-bdfa-421b-a94e-b924e1109b83.jpg?v=1761538029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-we-die-now-karla-erickson-9781439908235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}