Palliative care
Subtitle: the 400-year quest for a good death
By: Harold Y. Vanderpool
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780786497997
Subjects: Right to die; Palliative treatment; Terminal care
Description: "Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772; title: Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825; title: That science called euthanasia:1826-1854; title: Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894; title: Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935; title: Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959; title: Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981; title: Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999; title: Choices: 2000 to the present; title: Epilogue; title: Chapter Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.