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Modern Death
by Haider Warraich
A physician's history of how death has changed: where, when, how we die now, and the ethics of life support and assisted dying. Scholarly and readable.
Read it if…
you want the big picture of death in modern medicine.
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Skip it if…
you want personal stories.
Try instead: That Good Night →
Three things you will actually use
- Death moved into hospitals.
- Technology changed the questions.
- Decide what you want.
Do this first
Read the chapter on where we die.
Our verdict
How death changed.
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