If a doctor can perform an abortion or transgender operation I don’t understand why a patient can’t request an end of life assist. I am naturally a little biased but this is a lovely book which highlights the simultaneous futility and the beauty of life. Brilliant - a grimly humourous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age.

We all need to have conversation about what we want in the end and keep the conversation going with your family. A mixture of reminiscences drawn from the author's family life and a long medical career and reflections on how to deal with death and dying. It’s fantastic - every chapter left me reflecting on my own life, what I would like for the people I love and what I hope my children will experience. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.I have a plan in the end and won't be left suffering more needlessly because of lacking a NDR directive.

I’ve recommended this book to so many and my parents have read this as a result (and also loved it)!Jarrett explains how we can ensure that our last years are comfortable and not a burden to us, the health care system and, most importantly, our loved ones. Anything we prepare for is so much easier to handle than becoming overwhelmed due to our lack of tools to sort things out clearly. But my observation is that iliving to an old age - a slow death - is as bad as the author describes.