Modern Death: how medicine changed the end of life/Haider Warraich/324 pgs.

Awhile ago, I read Dr. Atul Gawande's Being mortal : medicine and what matters in the end. Dr. Warraich's Modern Death complements Dr. Gawande's book. Both books describe how advances in modern medicine make it difficult at times to provide the patient with a "peaceful" death. Dr. Warraich discusses what has been defined as "death" throughout time, in addition to the moral and ethical issues involved in dealing with terminal illness patients. He provides the reader with patient cases he and his colleagues have struggled with, plus court cases that have tried to define when treatment goes beyond the patient's wishes. It's an intriguing read about an issue most of us will face at some time in our lives. Highly recommended!