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Title:
Palliative care : the 400-year quest for a good death / Harold Y. Vanderpool.
Author:
Vanderpool, Harold Y.
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Call Number:
R726.8 .V34 2015
Abstract:
"Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780786497997
Physical Description:
x, 269 pages ; 26 cm
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772 -- Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825 -- That science called euthanasia:1826-1854 -- Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894 -- Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935 -- Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959 -- Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981 -- Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999 -- Choices: 2000 to the present -- Epilogue -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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