Persons with an incurable or irreversible illness at the end stage that will result in death within a short time. (From O'Leary et al., Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations, and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, 1994, p780)
    

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Jo Spence in a hospice bed.

Dying in the West : health care policies and caregiving practices in Montana and Alberta, 1880-1950 / by Dawn Dorothy Nickel.

Dying with comfort : family illness narratives and early palliative care / Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles [and others].

When treatment fails : how medicine cares for dying children / David J. Bearison.

My last summer.

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Dying in the West : health care policies and caregiving practices in Montana and Alberta, 1880-1950 / by Dawn Dorothy Nickel.

Jo Spence in a hospice bed.

Dying with comfort : family illness narratives and early palliative care / Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles [and others].

When treatment fails : how medicine cares for dying children / David J. Bearison.

My last summer.