Download or read book A Good Death: On The Value Of Death And Dying written by Sandman, Lars and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandman highlights how our changing ideas about the value of life shape the concept of a good death. He explores the varying perspectives on the good death that come from friends, family, physicians, spiritual carers and others close to the dying person. Setting out a number of arguments for and against existing thinking about a good death, this book links to the practice of palliative care in several key areas. He concludes that it is difficult to find convincing reasons for any one way to die a good death and argues for a pluralist approach.