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The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America
- Title
- The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.
- Author
- Abel, Emily K.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Request in advance | R726.8 .A24 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 226 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The good death at home -- Medical professionals (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.
- ISBN
- 9781421409191 (hardover : alk. paper)
- 1421409194 (hardover : alk. paper)
- 9781421409207 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- 1421409208 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2012035112
- OCLC
- ocn808769549
- 808769549
- SCSB-8854138
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries