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001 2006007806
003 DLC
005 20061205111613.0
008 060306s2006 mou s000 0deng
010 $a 2006007806
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020 $a0826216668 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64760874
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050 00 $aR726.5$b.W454 2006
060 00 $a2006 L-075
060 10 $aW 62$bW432L 2006
082 00 $a616$222
100 1 $aWeisse, Allen B.
245 10 $aLessons in mortality :$bdoctors and patients struggling together /$cAllen B. Weisse.
260 $aColumbia, Mo. :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2006.
300 $a182 p. ;$c22 cm.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Lance Armstrong and me -- The crock -- Devotion -- The iron man -- Waste -- Marking time at Hillcrest Home -- The case of the baffling boy : chapter one -- Eddy -- Smart ass -- Victims all -- The end of the road -- Modern medicine -- The survivor -- A man what am -- Other faces of AIDS -- On dying with dignity--and a diagnosis -- The gift -- Time (overdue) for a change -- Stroke -- A letter.
520 $a"Writing frankly, Weisse discusses how doctors and patients of cancer, heart disease, stroke, infectious disease, AIDS, and other dire diagnoses deal with illness in the twenty-first century, considering, in turn, how such factors as specialization, rising costs, managed care, the insurance industry, and litigation has changed the practice of medicine"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aCritically ill$xPsychology.
650 0 $aCritically ill$xConduct of life.
650 0 $aPhysician and patient.
650 0 $aHealth behavior.
650 12 $aAttitude to Death$vPersonal Narratives.
650 12 $aPhysician-Patient Relations$vPersonal Narratives.
650 22 $aDeath$vPersonal Narratives.
650 22 $aPhysician's Practice Patterns$vPersonal Narratives.
650 22 $aSick Role$vPersonal Narratives.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2006007806.html