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Author Vanderpool, Harold Y.

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

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

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.029 VANDERPOOL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  616.02 VA    On Display
Description x, 269 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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: 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.
Subject Palliative treatment.
Terminal care.
Right to die.
Palliative treatment. (OCoLC)fst01051719
Terminal care. (OCoLC)fst01147835
Palliative Care -- history.
History, Modern 1601-
Right to Die -- history.
Terminal Care -- history.
Right to die. (OCoLC)fst01097893
ISBN 9780786497997 (softcover : acid-free paper)
0786497998 (softcover : acid-free paper)
9781476619712 (ebook)
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