{"product_id":"last-rights-stephen-p-kiernan-9780312374648","title":"Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLast Rights\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Stephen P. Kiernan shows how patients and families can regain control of the dying process, creating familial intimacy like never before. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping...A superb resource for boomers dealing with their parents' final days...as well as for health-care professionals who need to hear this story from the other side.\"\u003ci\u003e-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith advances in medicine, technology, and daily diet and exercise practices, Americans are living longer than ever before. We have an unprecedented opportunity for meaningful closure - free of pain, among loved ones, with our affairs in order and spiritual calm attained. Instead, most of us discover that our doctor has minimal training in providing end-of-life care, and will seek to extend life no matter how painful, expensive and futile that effort might be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBolstered by both scientific research and intimate portraits of people from all walks of life, \u003ci\u003eLast Rights\u003c\/i\u003e offers a hopeful, profound vision for patients, doctors, and families: a way to honor people during their greatest vulnerability, a chance for families to reconnect, an opportunity for the medical system to treat patients with ultimate respect, a time to give comfort and compassion to those we most love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen P. Kiernan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031237464X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312374648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Stephen P. Kiernan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946432954623,"sku":"9780312374648","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_edbf4329-274d-4f85-8e2c-613f169b9e09.jpg?v=1681513117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-rights-stephen-p-kiernan-9780312374648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}