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Palliative Care

Harold Y. Vanderpool
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      The long history of medical care for the dying has largely been neglected by scholars. Physicians were first challenged to provide medical and personal care that would enable patients to die peacefully. Today it involves sophisticated palliation of symptoms, various ways of offering emotional care, and respect for the wishes and cultural backgrounds of patients and families. This book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile end-of-life 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Harold Y. Vanderpool EAN: 9780786497997 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 254 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-06-18 CITY: GENRE: HEALTH & FITNESS / General, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of medicine, Palliative medicine, Terminal care nursing

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      Harold Y. Vanderpool is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Medicine in The Institute for the Medical Humanities at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, USA. His career includes teaching courses on medical ethics, death and dying, and suffering; articles and book chapters on terminal care, and national and international lectures. He lives in Cedar Park, Texas, USA.
      The long history of medical care for the dying has largely been neglected by scholars. Physicians were first challenged to provide medical and personal care that would enable patients to die peacefully. Today it involves sophisticated palliation of symptoms, various ways of offering emotional care, and respect for the wishes and cultural backgrounds of patients and families. This book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile end-of-life 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Harold Y. Vanderpool EAN: 9780786497997 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 254 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-06-18 CITY: GENRE: HEALTH & FITNESS / General, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying WIDTH: 178 cm SPINE:

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      History of medicine, Palliative medicine, Terminal care nursing

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      Harold Y. Vanderpool is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Medicine in The Institute for the Medical Humanities at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, USA. His career includes teaching courses on medical ethics, death and dying, and suffering; articles and book chapters on terminal care, and national and international lectures. He lives in Cedar Park, Texas, USA.

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