The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.
Publication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.Description: 226 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781421409191
- 1421409194
- 9781421409207
- 1421409208
- 616.02/9 23
- R726.8 .A2335 2013
- WB 310
Contents:
The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-217) and index.
The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.