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

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

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A penetrating examination of how most Americans die today--how the patients and their families' conflicting desires about a "good death" collide with the politics and routines of American hospitals

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Main Authors: Kaufman, Sharon R, Kaufman, Sharon R. (Author)
Corporate Author: Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2005
New York : c2005
New York : ©2005
New York : [2005]
Subjects:
Death > Psychological aspects
Death > Social aspects > United States
Ethnology
Hospice care
Hospital care > United States
Hospitals
Terminal care > United States
Terminal care
Hospice Care
Hospitals, General
Death > Social aspects
Hospital care
Intensivtherapie
Krankenhaus
Lebensverlängerung
Medizinsoziologie
Sterben
Attitude to Death > United States
Attitude to Death
Life Support Care
Terminal Care > United States
Terminal Care
Medische ethiek
Stervensbegeleiding
Ziekenhuizen
Anthropology, Cultural > United States
Anthropology, Cultural
Hospitals > United States
United States
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USA
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