Abel, Emily K. <br/><br/>
The inevitable hour :  a history of caring for dying patients in America / 
Emily K. Abel. 
 - Baltimore, Md. :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2013. 
 - 226 p. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421409191 1421409194 9781421409207 1421409208 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012035112 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.8  / .A2335 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.02/9 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WB 310