The hospice movement : easing death's pains / Cathy Siebold.

New York : Twayne, [1992], ©1992.

ix, 221 pages ; 22 cm.

Introduction to the hospice movement -- Evolution of hospice care -- Social conditions that fostered the hospice movement -- Death with dignity and the emergence of the hospice movement -- Creating the first modern hospice programs -- Peak of the movement -- Fragmentation -- Movement's accomplishments -- Care of the dying: a persistent social issue -- Sources of information on hospice care.

Includes index and bibliography: p. 195-211.