A Midwife through the Dying Process: Stories of Healing and Hard Choices at the End of Life

Approximately two—thirds of deaths in the United States involve a doctor's partnership with an individual, whether it be for the administration of pain relief or sedation or for the act of discontinuing or not beginning life—sustaining treatment. In A Midwife through the Dying Process, Timothy Quill, M.D., explores that partnership and the complex end—of—life issues that surround physician—assisted death. Here are the stories of nine individuals and their very different endings, common only...