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Death interrupted : how modern medicine is complicating the way we die / by Bigham, Blair,author.;
"In Death Interrupted, ICU doctor Blair Bigham shares his first-hand experiences of how medicine has complicated the way we die and offers a road map for dying in the modern era. Doctors today can call on previously unimaginable technologies to help keep our bodies alive. In this new era, most organs can be kept from dying almost indefinitely by machines. But this unprecedented shift in end-of-life care has created a major crisis. In the widening grey zone between life and death, doctors fight with doctors, families feel pressured to make tough decisions about their loved ones, and lawyers are left to argue life-and-death cases in the courts. Meanwhile, intensive care patients are caught in purgatory, attached to machines and unable to speak for themselves. In Death Interrupted, Dr. Blair Bigham seeks to help readers understand the options facing them at the end of their lives. Through conversations with end-of-life professionals--including ethicists, social workers, and nurses and doctors who practise palliative care--and observations from his own time working in ambulances, emergency rooms, and the ICU, Bigham exposes the tensions inherent in this new era of dying and answers the tough questions facing us all. Because now, for the first time in human history, we may be able to choose how our own story ends"--
Subjects: Death.; Medicine.; Terminal care.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Close to death : a novel / by Horowitz, Anthony,1955-author.;
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate. It is the perfect idyll until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, a gaggle of shrieking children and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and they quickly offend every last one of their neighbours. When Giles Kentworthy is found dead on his own doorstep, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his neck, Detective Hawthorne is the only investigator that can be called on to solve the case. Because how do you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-; Authors; Ex-police officers; Gated communities; Murder; Private investigators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Close to Death A Novel [electronic resource] : by Horowitz, Anthony.aut; cloudLibrary;
In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case—a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate. It is the perfect idyll until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, a gaggle of shrieking children and plans for a garish swimming pool in the backyard. Obvious outsiders, the Kentworthys do not belong in Riverside Close, and they quickly offend every last one of their neighbours. When Giles Kentworthy is found dead on his own doorstep, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest, Detective Hawthorne is the only investigator that can be called on to solve the case. Because how do you solve a murder when everyone is a suspect?
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth;
© 2024., HarperCollins Canada,
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Death's mistress : Sister of Darkness / by Goodkind, Terry,author.;
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Prophets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Curtain of death : a clandestine operations novel / by Griffin, W. E. B.,author.; Butterworth, William E.(William Edmund),author.;
Subjects: Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Espionage; Intelligence officers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Death on Blackheath : a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel / by Perry, Anne.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Historical fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character); Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character); Police spouses; Police; Women detectives;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A good death : making the most of our final choices / by Martin, Sandra,1947-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Assisted suicide; Assisted suicide; Assisted suicide.; Euthanasia; Euthanasia.; Right to die; Right to die.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Death a sketch / by Hollon, Cheryl.;
When the teamwork-fostering activities for an outdoor sporting goods company take a competitive turn, resulting in the death of a participant, Miranda Trent, the owner of a unique Appalachian adventure tour company, the protagonist must beat a killer at their own game.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Teams in the workplace; Contests; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Payback in death / by Robb, J. D.,1950-author.;
"Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note--Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty cops away during his forty-seven years in Internal Affairs. It could very well be payback--and she will not rest until the case is closed"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Murder; Policewomen; Women detectives;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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Payback in death [sound recording] / by Robb, J. D.,1950-author.; Ericksen, Susan,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Susan Ericksen."Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note--Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty cops away during his forty-seven years in Internal Affairs. It could very well be payback--and she will not rest until the case is closed"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character); Murder; Policewomen; Women detectives;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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