Death is the most eternal truth of our life. No matter who you are, you will probably die one day, but in the modern era this happens in a new way and is perceived differently by everyone involved in the process. The young American doctor Haider Warraich wrote a book in which he tried to give the broadest possible panorama of modern death - from the molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death to legal battles around voluntary euthanasia of terminally ill people. Compared to the mid-20th century, all aspects of the end of our lives have radically changed - from what we we die, when we die, where we die and how we die. As a result of the progress of medical science and medical technology, even the very definition of death is now formulated differently - not to mention its ecology, epidemiology, economics and ethics. During this time, American medicine has come a long way in mastering new approaches to death and the dying - a path that, in some respects, Russia has yet to embark on. In his debut book, Dr. Warraich explores today's death rituals and language—and draws on his experience as an attending physician in the intensive care unit of a major American hospital to explore what our ancestors did better and where we have clearly surpassed them.< /p>