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Medicine and care of the dying : a modern history /

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This heritage has become problematic in the modern age when waning belief in a divine order leaves the individual self as the bearer of meaning. At the same time, knowledge about nature and society has been increasing at such an accelerated pace, it has become even more difficult to develop a unifie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Milton James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes: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
Soins en phase terminale > Histoire.
Soins palliatifs > Histoire.
Euthanasie > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Euthanasia.
Palliative treatment.
Terminal care.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.