Dr. Dennis McCullough has written a book on Embracing “Slow Medicine,” The Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones called “My Mother Your Mother”.
Dr. McCullough’s approach is a gentle, kind common sense approach to extending medical care to the very frail elderly. He calls for a movement in “attending” to seniors changing needs and not waiting for a crisis that can force extreme medical interventions.
In a nutshell, he is talking about quality of life during the final years. This is a book worth reading if you work in the field of geriatric medicine; eldercare or you are caring for a senior family member.