Death is that man taking names : intersections of American medicine, law, and culture /
The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted s...
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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 語言: | 英语 |
| 出版: |
Berkeley : New York :
University of California Press ; Milbank Memorial Fund,
©2002.
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| 叢編: | California/Milbank books on health and the public ;
7. |
| 在線閱讀: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108434 |
| 總結: | The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. Notes: p. 187-218. |
| 實物描述: | 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages) |
| 參考書目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520931466 0520931467 1282357603 9781282357600 9780520243248 0520243242 9780520232822 0520232828 9786612357602 6612357606 159734575X 9781597345750 1417508248 9781417508242 |