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Medicine and care of the dying : a modern history /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Milton James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • The religious and the medical
  • The rise of modern medicine
  • Cancer and medicine in historical perspective
  • Development of palliative care services
  • Development of pain control
  • Medicine and euthanasia
  • Observations and conclusions.