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Medicine and care of the dying : a modern history
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Milton James, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--History.
- Terminal care.
- Palliative treatment--History.
- Palliative treatment.
- Euthanasia--History.
- Euthanasia.
- Homicide.
- Patient Care.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Humanities.
- Disease.
- Therapeutics.
- Health Services.
- Social Problems.
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Palliative Care.
- Terminal Care.
- History, 20th Century.
- Neoplasms.
- History, 19th Century.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homicide.
- Patient Care.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Humanities.
- Disease.
- Therapeutics.
- Health Services.
- Social Problems.
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Palliative Care.
- Terminal Care.
- History, 20th Century.
- Euthanasia.
- Neoplasms.
- History, 19th Century.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Other Title:
- Medicine and care of the dying
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining the relationship between medicine's approach to care of the terminally ill and the medical, social, political economic and cultural context in the English-speaking world this book is of interest to palliative care practitioners, and health care professionals with an interest in end-of-life care.
- Contents:
- The religious and the medical
- The rise of modern medicine
- Cancer and medicine in historical perspective
- Development of palliative care services
- Development of pain control
- Medicine and euthanasia
- Observations and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199999903 (ebook) :
- 0199999902 (ebook) :
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