Cover of Palliative care

Book 2015

Palliative care

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Language
English
Published
2015
  • Right to die
  • Palliative treatment
  • Terminal care
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliativpflege
  • Palliativmedizin
  • Palliativ vård
  • History

"Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"--