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, '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Abel, Emily K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hospizbewegung
Terminally ill.
Terminal care.
Hospice care.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Malades en phase terminale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Soins en phase terminale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hospice Care > history
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Terminally Ill > history
Terminal Care > history
Terminally ill > United States > History.
Hospice care > United States > History.
Terminal care > United States > History.
USA.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The good death at home
  • Chapter 2. Medical professionals (sometimes) steps in
  • Chapter 3. Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care
  • Chapter 4. Institutionalizing the incurable
  • Chapter 5. "All our dread and apprehension"
  • Chapter 6. "Nothing more to do"
  • Chapter 7. A place to die
  • Chapter 8. The sacred and the spiritual
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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