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The Art of Dying Well

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"We offer false hope: that every medical problem can be fixed. Even an 80- or 90-year-old body, breaking down in multiple ways. So it doesn't surprise me that someone completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."

~ Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-11-27T20:51:31+00:00

~ Katy Butler

"We offer false hope: that every medical problem can be fixed. Even an 80- or 90-year-old body, breaking down in multiple ways. So it doesn't surprise me that someone completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."
"I want to de-medicalize modern death and return a sense of the sacred to it. We can do it."

~ Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-11-27T20:54:00+00:00

~ Katy Butler

"I want to de-medicalize modern death and return a sense of the sacred to it. We can do it."
"To do more, is not necessarily to do better."

~ Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-11-27T20:54:32+00:00

~ Katy Butler

"To do more, is not necessarily to do better."
"We can die as full human beings, not a bundle of diagnoses, if we get prepared."

~Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-12-10T19:15:27+00:00

~Katy Butler

"We can die as full human beings, not a bundle of diagnoses, if we get prepared."
"Many of us have witnessed parents die in less-than-ideal ways, and we want a better path for ourselves. We can do it."

~Katy Butler

Katy Butler
2018-12-10T19:16:00+00:00

~Katy Butler

"Many of us have witnessed parents die in less-than-ideal ways, and we want a better path for ourselves. We can do it."
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Katy Butler

About the Author

Award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author KATY BUTLER has written two groundbreaking books about the end of life and is a thought leader in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: the Path to a Better Way of Death, a national bestseller, was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. Her new book, The Art of Dying Well, has been praised as “the best guide I know” to later life.

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