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Extreme Measures : Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Alone in the trenches -- The end-of-life conveyor belt -- Abandoned in a sea of options -- The illusion collusion -- Where we come from -- Who we are -- The personal toll -- Sharing the journey -- Epilogue -- Appendix one. A way forward -- Appendix two. Avoiding unnecessary suffering.;An ICU and Palliative Care specialist featured in the Netflix documentary Extremis offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest level. In medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care--to become an ICU physician--and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from the brink of death. But then during her first code she found herself cracking the ribs of a patient so old and frail it was unimaginable he would ever come back to life. She began to question her choice. Extreme Measures charts Zitter's journey from wanting to be one kind of hero to becoming another--a doctor who prioritizes the patient's values and preferences in an environment where the default choice is the extreme use of technology. In our current medical cu

Who reads Extreme Measures : Finding a Better Path to the End of Life?

Author

Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group;Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525533412

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Health & Fitness

Rating

4.35 / 5 (169 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14