Anything we prepare for is so much easier to handle than becoming overwhelmed due to our lack of tools to sort things out clearly. If a doctor can perform an abortion or transgender operation I don’t understand why a patient can’t request an end of life assist. I discovered this book after a guest speaker on a radio 4 programme mentioned it and thought I’d give it a go.

David Jarrett has been a doctor for forty years, thirty of which as an NHS consultant in geriatric and stroke medicine.It is a bitter-sweet reflection of a life well lived but one that is courageous enough to face the realities of life and the human condition.

This book reinforces all the things that we suspect about ageing which none of us really wants to own.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This book will be helpful to anyone with ageing parents or people like myself who are old but not yet elderly.