Conversations on the Edge: Narratives of Ethics and Illness

Synopsis

The Narratives Richard Zaner Shares In Conversations On The Edge Are Informed By His Depth Of Knowledge In Medicine And Bioethics, But Are Never Clinical. These Stories Are Filled With Pain And Joy, Loneliness And Hope. They Are About Life And Death, About What Happens In Hospital Rooms - And That Place At The Edge - Where We Confront Mortality. It Is The Rarest Of Glimpses Into The World Of Patients, Their Families, Healers, And Those Who Struggle, Like Zaner, To Understand.--book Jacket. Quiet Rooms For Troubled Voices -- When You're Dead Anyway, What's To Live For? -- Hope Against Hope -- Don't Let Me Forget To Remember -- Broader's Hill -- The Cruel Clarity Of It All. Richard M. Zaner. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 147-150).