A history of palliative care, 1500-1970 : concepts, practices, and ethical challenges /

This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stolberg, Michael, 1957- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kennedy, Logan (Traductor), Unglaub, Leonhard (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Colección:Philosophy and medicine ; v. 123.
Temas:
Palliative treatment > History.
Palliative treatment > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
Palliative Care > history
Soins palliatifs > Histoire.
Soins palliatifs > Aspect moral > Histoire.
Ethics & moral philosophy.
History of medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Palliative treatment
Palliative treatment > Moral and ethical aspects
Electronic books.
Fulltext.
Historical Works.
Internet Resources.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dedication; Contents; 1: Introduction; Part I: The Early Modern Period (1500-1800); 2: Caring forÈTerminally Ill Patients; 2.1 Cura palliativa. Archeology ofäÈModern Term; 2.2 Cura mortis palliativa andËuthanasia medicinalis; 2.3 Palliative Care inËarly Modern Medical Practice; 2.4 Medical Care forẗheÈDying-A Professional Dilemma; 2.5 The Art ofÈPrognosis; 3: Ethical Challenges; 3.1 The Intentional Shortening ofÈLife; 3.2 The Unintentional Shortening ofÈLife; 3.3 Forgoing Treatment; 3.4 Medical Morality andÈLay Culture; 3.5 Truth at theÈSickbed.
  • 4: The Experience ofÈDeath andÈTerminal Care inËveryday Life4.1 Hopes forẗheÄfterlife andẗheÈ"Final Hour"; 4.2 Subjective Experience; 4.3 The Horror ofÈDeath; 4.4 Dying at Home; 4.5 The Normative Constraints ofẗheÄrt ofÈDying; 4.6 Dying withäÈClear Mind; 4.7 Sudden Death; 4.8 Doctors andÈClergy at theÈDeathbed; Part II: Modern Times (1800-1970); 5: The Rise andÈFall ofËuthanasia Medica; 6: The Practice ofÈPalliative Treatment; 6.1 Palliative Surgery; 6.2 Nursing; 7: The Doctor asänËmotional andÈSpiritual Caregiver; 8: The Perspective ofÈPatients; 9: Ethical Controversies.
  • 9.1 Active Euthanasia9.2 Unintentional Shortening ofÈLife andẗheÈLimiting ofÈTherapy; 9.3 Conflict Between Doctors andÈLaypeople; 9.4 A Right toÈKnow? Dealing withÈFatal Prognosis; 10: Institutional Care; 10.1 No Room forḦopeless Cases; 10.2 Hospitals forẗheÏncurable Sick; 10.3 Institutions forÈCancer Patients; 10.4 Institutions forẗheÈConsumptive; 10.5 The First Hospices forẗheÈDying; 10.6 Dying inänÏnstitution; 11: The Time After 1945; 11.1 Cicely Saunders andẗheÈBeginning ofẗheÈModern Hospice Movement.
  • 11.2 The First Palliative Care Units: TheÈRoyal Victoria Hospital inÈMontreal11.3 Outpatient Care; Part III: Conclusion; 12: Continuity andÈChange; 12.1 The Long History ofÈPalliative Care; 12.2 Medicalization; 12.3 Taboo; 12.4 Stigma; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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