Such a critical book that gets to the heart of what's so complicated about our approach to death and dying. I can't help but wonder who's been saying this for decades that we simply don't listen to (why it takes a surgeon writing about it for us to listen - open to recommendations of those who paved the way).

An amazing piece of journalism. I can't believe I grew up not knowing this story, but I'm glad that as a Chicago transplant I got to know it.

One of the most thorough pieces of quantitative and qualitative scholarship I've ever read. Absolutely worth your time.