The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America /
Abel, Emily K.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Terminal care
Hospice care
Terminally ill