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Medicine and care of the dying : a modern history
Author
Title
Medicine and care of the dying : a modern history / Milton J. Lewis.
ISBN
9780195175486 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195175484 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
277 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 20, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Terminal Care - history.
Euthanasia - history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Neoplasms - history.
Palliative Care - history.
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