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Author Butler, Katy, 1949-

Title Knocking on heaven's door : the path to a better way of death / Katy Butler.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.029 BUTLER    DUE 03-30-24
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  616.029 BUTLER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.029 B977    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  616.029 BUTLER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.02 BUTLER, KATY    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  616.029 BUT    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.029 B    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.029 BUT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  616.029 BUT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.029 BUT    Check Shelf

Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description 322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-313).
Summary "A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Pt. 1: The stroke. Along came a blackbird ; A year of grace ; Rites of passage -- Pt. 2: Fast medicine. The tyranny of hope ; Inventing lifesaving and transforming death ; My father's open heart -- Pt. 3: Ordeal. Not getting better ; Dharma sisters ; Broke-down palace ; White water -- Pt. 4: Rebellion. The sorcerer's apprentice ; The business of lifesaving ; Deactivation -- Pt. 5: Acceptance. The art of dying ; Afterward -- Pt. 6: Grace. Valerie makes up her mind ; Old plum tree bent and gnarled -- Pt. 7: Into the light. A better way of death ; A map through the labyrinth ; Notes for a new art of dying.
Subject Terminal care.
Terminal care -- Decision making.
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships.
Butler, Katy, 1949- -- Family.
ISBN 9781451641974 hardback
1451641974 hardback
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