Medicine and care of the dying
Subtitle: a modern history
By: Milton J. Lewis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Terminal care -- History.; Palliative treatment -- History.; Euthanasia -- History.; Terminal Care -- history.; Euthanasia -- history.; History, 19th Century.; History, 20th Century.; Neoplasms -- history.; Palliative Care -- history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.
Table of contents: value: The religious and the medical; value: The rise of modern medicine; value: Cancer and medicine in historical perspective; value: Development of palliative care services; value: Development of pain control; value: Medicine and euthanasia; value: Observations and conclusions.