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Incurable and Intolerable: Chronic Disease and Slow Death in Nineteenth-Century France
Rutgers University Press, 2009 eISBN: 978-0-8135-4710-7 | Cloth: 978-0-8135-4545-5 Library of Congress Classification RA644.8.F8S93 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 616.044
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Terminal illness and the pain and anguish it brings are experiences that have touched millions of people in the past and continue to shape our experience of the present. Hospital machines that artificially support life and monitor vital signs beg the question: Is there not anything that medical science can offer as solace? Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and well-written history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society. See other books on: Chronic diseases | Intolerable | Nineteenth - Century France | Palliative treatment | Public Health See other titles from Rutgers University Press |
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Incurable and Intolerable: Chronic Disease and Slow Death in Nineteenth-Century France
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
Rutgers University Press, 2009
eISBN: 978-0-8135-4710-7
Cloth: 978-0-8135-4545-5
eISBN: 978-0-8135-4710-7
Cloth: 978-0-8135-4545-5
Terminal illness and the pain and anguish it brings are experiences that have touched millions of people in the past and continue to shape our experience of the present. Hospital machines that artificially support life and monitor vital signs beg the question: Is there not anything that medical science can offer as solace?
Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and well-written history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
