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the 400-year quest for a good death

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An edition of Palliative care (2015)

Palliative care

the 400-year quest for a good death

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"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"--

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Right to die, Palliative treatment, Terminal care, Palliative Care, Palliativpflege, History, Modern 1601-, Palliativmedizin, Palliativ vård, Terminal Care, Right to Die, History

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Palliative Care: The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death
2015, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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2015
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772
Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825
That science called euthanasia:1826-1854
Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894
Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935
Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959
Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981
Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999
Choices: 2000 to the present
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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616.02/9
Library of Congress
R726.8 .V34 2015, R726.8

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Number of pages
269

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OL27193698M
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0786497998
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9780786497997
LCCN
2015019241
OCLC/WorldCat
892463176

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