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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abel, Emily K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Temas:
Terminal care > United States > History.
Hospice care > United States > History.
Terminally ill > United States > History.
Terminal Care > history
Terminally Ill > history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Hospice Care > history
Soins en phase terminale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Malades en phase terminale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hospice care
Terminal care
Terminally ill
Hospizbewegung
United States
USA
Single-user.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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