In the midst of life /
Jennifer Worth.
- London : Phoenix, 2011, c2010.
- 420 pages ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidendeld & Nicolson, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1956 -- A natural death -- 1953 -- An unnatural death -- A life saved -- Unable to die -- Threescore years and ten -- Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004) -- Dr. Cicely Saunders (1918-2005) -- 1957- Dr. Conrad Hyem -- 1963-64 -- The Marie Curie Hospital -- Family involvement -- Forget-me-nots -- The advance directive -- The bloom cupboard -- Social attitudes to deth -- Grief -- 1965 -- Stroke -- A dangerous subject -- A family divided -- Dementia -- Who cares? -- 1968 -- Congestive heart failure -- Open heart resuscitation -- Lazarus -- Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in hospital -- 999 -- 1980 -- Time to go -- 1986 -- Acute heart failure -- 2004-06 -- A good death -- 2007 -- The life force -- 2008 -- Homecoming -- Euthanasia -- 2010 -- Helga -- In the midst of life we are in death we are in death.
Jennifer Worth was a nurse, midwife, ward sister and night sister from 1953 until 1973, working mainly in London. Her first passion was - and still is - music, and she is a Fellow of the London College of Music. She taught piano and singing for about twenty-five years and still More...sings in choirs all over England and Europe. She plays her piano (a 1904) Bluthner) daily, and is at present studying the entire keyboard works of J.S. Bach. She has been married for forty-five years and has two daughters and three grandchildren.