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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....

Most readers know Jane Brody as a staunch advocate of living a healthy life, to the fullest. But even the healthiest of lives end. This guide will help readers proactively make that end as peaceful, and even enjoyable, as it can be. From financial planning, important medical issues, to the oft-overlooked emotional considerations, Jane Brody shows that preparing for the end of life goes far beyond writing a will.