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Author Abel, Emily K.

Title The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.029 A139I    Check Shelf
Description 226 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-217) and index.
Contents The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.
Subject Terminal care -- United States -- History.
Hospice care -- United States -- History.
Terminally ill -- United States -- History.
Terminal Care -- history -- United States.
Terminally Ill -- history -- United States.
History, 19th Century -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
Hospice Care -- history -- United States.
ISBN 9781421409191 hardover alkaline paper
1421409194 hardover alkaline paper
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