Book
Extreme measures : finding a better path to the end of life / Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101982556 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Alone in the trenches -- End-of-life conveyor belt -- Abandoned in a sea of options -- Illusion collusion -- Where we come from -- Who we are -- Personal toll -- Sharing the journey. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Terminal care. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 616.029 Zit | 31681010093953 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D., MPH, is an expert on the medical experience of death and dying. She attended Stanford University and Case Western Reserve Medical School, and completed her residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Womenâs Hospital in Boston. She was a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of California San Francisco. Zitter is double-boarded in the two specialties of pulmonary/critical care medicine and palliative care medicineâa rare combination. She writes for The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Pacific Standard, The Atlantic, and Journal of Palliative Medicine, and is featured in Extremis, an Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary about end-of-life decision-making in an ICU.
