Exploring the multitudinous ways to end human life, Brennan explores the great plagues of history, human destruction caused by war, nature's mass killers, and every other means of expiration as a prelude to discussing what comes next. He draws on ancient texts, science, religion, folklore, literature, dismantling taboo in a quest for meanings.
"Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can."—from Critical Care "At my job, people die," writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and ...
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates.
