Palliative care : the 400-year quest for a good death / Harold Y. Vanderpool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanderpool, Harold Y.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care.

Right to die.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

From proclamation to recognition

Minute details and codified conduct

That science called euthanasia

Polarities between attention and disregard

Challenging the overreach of modern medicine

Never say die versus care for the dying

Times of momentous transition

Progress, threatening seas, and endurance

Choices

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

List of names and terms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780786497997

0786497998

OCLC:

892463176