Death Is That Man Taking Names : Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture /
The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted s...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Milbank Memorial Fund,
2002.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide |
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Notas: | Notes: p. 187-218. Includes index. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780520931466 |