COMFORT CARE

Dr. T. M. Jacob had an illustrious career in medicine and was working as an interventional cardiologist for forty years. His experiences in India, Africa, the UK, and America and the agonies and ecstasies of living and practicing medicine are immaculately narrated. At age eighty-four, Jacob developed progressive dementia and was transferred to an assisted living facility. Thoughts of end of life, pain, suffering, and lack of dignity befall, and he was preoccupied with thoughts of euthanasia. His confidant and assistant, an RN with training in elderly care, had some different thoughts.

Book reviews:

Immaculate narration. Highly readable. The theme has many layers too. An excellent work of biographic fiction (Roger Waters, Rochester Review, February 2020).