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"LIFE AND DEATH ON
YOUR OWN TERMS"
Author, Dr. Basta,
MDThis insightful,
compassionate, and lucidly written handbook by a world
renowned cardiologist is also a personal testimonial by a
surviving cancer patient and an informative guide to
end-of-life issues. Dr. Basta relies on his medical
expertise and first-hand experience with a life-threatening
illness to critique our death-denying, technologically
obsessed culture, while giving patients the means to take
control of their final days. He underscores that physicians,
the public, and society as a whole must come to terms with
the unalterable truth that life is finite and that medical
intervention beyond a certain point only prolongs suffering.
When a cure or hope of a better life ceases to be
achievable, he urges comprehensive palliative care, which
attends to the patient’s physical comfort, emotional
reassurance, and spiritual encouragement. To ensure that
patients are empowered to provide for their final needs, he
provides revolutionary, clear, simple, and
medical-scenario--specific Advance Care Plan, which gives
each of us the opportunity to execute all-important
life-and-death decisions before we are afflicted with a
serious health problem and before decisions are irrevocable.
In sum, this book is a tribute to the highly
treasured doctor-patient relationship. Readers who feel that doctors
have lost touch with the patient’s perspectives will welcome Dr.
Basta’s empathy and caring tone.
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