The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.

  • Abel, Emily K.
Date:
2013
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Physical description

viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The good death at home -- Medical professionals (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.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JI.RX.6
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ISBN

  • 9781421409191
  • 1421409194