And a Time to Die
Subtitle: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780226426853
Subjects: Health systems & services; Palliative medicine; Sociology; Hospital care; Social Science; USA; Terminal care; Death & Dying; Health Care Issues; Social Science / Death & Dying; Death; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: In the United States during the twentieth century, death moved out of the home and into medical institutions.Today, more Americans die in