Death Is That Man Taking Names : Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Burt, Robert A., 1939-2015
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Terminal care.
Death > Social aspects.
Death.
MEDICAL > History.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
deaths.
Mort.
Soins en phase terminale > États-Unis.
Mort > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Death
Death > Social aspects > United States.
Terminal care > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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