The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America

by Emily K. Abel

Book Overview

Changes in health care have dramatically altered the experience of dying in America.

At the turn of the twentieth century, medicine's imperative to cure disease increasingly took priority over the demand to relieve pain and suffering at the end of life. Filled with heartbreaking stories, The Inevitable Hour demonstrates that professional attention and resources gradually were diverted from dying patients.

Emily K. Abel challenges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421409194
• ISBN13: 9781421409191
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"