And a Time to Die
Subtitle: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
Publisher: Scribner
Published: March 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780743264761
Subjects: Thanatology; Terminal Care; Terminal Care Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Medical; United States; Death & Dying; Self-Help / General; Hospital care; Death; Social aspects
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