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Palliative care : the 400-year quest for a good death

Vanderpool, Harold Y. (Author).

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"--

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  • ISBN: 9780786497997 (softcover : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 0786497998 (softcover : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 9781476619712 (ebook)
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 269 pages ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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Subject: Palliative treatment
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Palliative Care : The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death
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Palliative Care : The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death

Harold Y. Vanderpool is a professor emeritus of history and philosophy of medicine in the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. His career includes teaching courses on medical ethics, death and dying, and suffering; articles and book chapters on terminal care, and national and international lectures. He lives in Cedar Park, Texas.

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