Death and dying / Nicole Piemonte and Shawn Abreu.
By: Piemonte, Nicole M [author.].
Contributor(s): Abreu, Shawn [author.].
Series: MIT Press essential knowledge series: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2021Description: xiv, 229 pages ; 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262542425.Subject(s): Death | Attitude to Death | Right to Die | Hospice Care | Terminal CareGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | BF789.D4 P495 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000018766 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.
Death as medical failure -- Death and dying in Western culture -- The death and dying movement -- When hospice and palliative care are not enough -- The business of death -- Facing death together.
"A short, accessible book on issues of death and dying from the perspective of the medical professions"--