A review by pamiverson
Twelve Breaths a Minute: End of Life Essays by Lee Gutkind

4.0

Essays by medical professionals, family members, and others dealing with end-of-life issues. Overwhelmingly argues for natural deaths, that heroic measure do not prolong the kind of life most people would want. Some were very powerful, e.g., an intern asked to remove life support from her mentor's mother and realizing she doesn't know what to do, a mother authorizing the harvesting of her daughter's organs and wondering if she is really dead when it happens. Taken as a whole, definitely thought-provoking.