And a time to die : how American hospitals shape the end of life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaufman, Sharon R.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, [2005]
Subjects:	Ethics, Medical. Terminal Care. Palliative Care. Hospitalization. United States.

Table of Contents:

pt. I. The predicament : death becomes a new kind of problem
1. Death and hospital culture
2. Death in life : the "person" and the experience of dying
pt. II. The hospital system : time and the power of the pathway
3. Transforming time : from deathwatch to billable treatments
4. Moving things along
I. The heroic intervention pathway
II. The paradox of resuscitation: approach/avoidance on the heroic pathway
III. The revolving door pathway
5. Waiting
Obstructing the order of things II. "Let's wait and see": the indeterminate condition of old age
III. Agreement and anticipation : watchful waiting
pt. III. The politics and rhetoric of the patient's condition : "suffering," "dignity," and the "quality of life"
6. Death by design
7. Life support
8. Hidden places : the zone of indistinction as a way of life
I. The specialized unit : routines without pathways, life with no end
II. The shadow side of "death with dignity"
Culture in the making