Book review: The Way We Die Now

Many terminally ill patients that hospital consultant Seamus O’Mahony sees fail to die with dignity because they are in denial. He argues for a more truthful response from the medical profession, as Brendan Daly discovers.

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 01:00

Review: Brendan Daly

Seamus O’Mahony

Head of Zeus, €14.99

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