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The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America /

Changes in health care have dramatically altered the experience of dying in America. At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took priority over the demand to relieve pain and suffering at the end of life. Filled with heartbreaking stories, this b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abel, Emily K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- The good death at home -- Medical professionals (sometimes) step 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 -- Conclusion. 
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