The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.
By: Abel, Emily K.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017Description: viii, 226 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781421422763 (softcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Terminal Care -- history -- United States | Terminally Ill -- history -- United States | History, 19th Century -- United States | History, 20th Century -- United States | Hospice Care -- history -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.
| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R726.8 .A2335 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010723 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-217) and index.
The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.