Palliative care
the 400-year quest for a good death
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Word Count
67,250 words, Guess
Page Count
269 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepalliativecare400000vand
- ISBN-100786497998
- ISBN-139780786497997
- Library of Congress Control Number2015019241
- OCLC Control Number892463176
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780786497997
- Open LibraryOL27193698M
Classifications
- DDC616.02/9
- LCCR726.8 .V34 2015
- LCCR726.8
Description
"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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