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The crisis of US hospice care : family and freedom at the end of life /

"Hospice is the dominant form of end-of-life care in the United States. But while the US hospice system provides many forms of treatment that are beneficial to dying people and their families, it does not encompass what is commonly referred to as long-term care, which includes help with the act...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braswell, Harold, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beyond the right to die
  • Depending on the family
  • Birth of a crisis
  • What happens to dying people when love is not enough
  • Caring across the American political divide
  • When the end of life begins
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword: How my mother died.