-- and a time to die : how American hospitals shape the end of life /

In the past thirty years, the advent of medical technology capable of sustaining life without restoring health, the expectation that a critically ill person need not die, and the conviction that medicine should routinely thwart death have significantly changed where, when, and how Americans die and...

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Main Author:	Kaufman, Sharon R
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 Chicago : 2006
Edition:	University of Chicago Press ed
Subjects:	Death > Social aspects > United States Death Hospice care Hospital care > United States Palliative treatment Terminal care > United States Terminal care Hospitals > ethics Palliative Care Terminal Care Death > Social aspects Hospital care Medische ethiek Stervensbegeleiding Ziekenhuizen United States Verenigde Staten
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