The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.
- Abel, Emily K.
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Physical description
viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineJI.RX.6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781421409191
- 1421409194