num_pages: 416
description: An analysis of the conflict between today's family preferences regarding death and hospital policies about death management discusses the nature of "medicalized dying" to reveal why a mutually comfortable death can be difficult to attain, citing such factors as institutional bureaucracy, the emotional experiences of patients and families, and the daily work of hospital staff. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
titlecomplete: And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
genres: Medicine, Anthropology, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, Psychology, Medical, Sociology
ratings_count: 96
publisher: Scribner