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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burt, Robert A., 1939-2015
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Pursuing the good death -- Hidden death -- Death at war -- Judges and death -- Doctors and death -- Choosing death -- The death penalty -- All the days of my life. 
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