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And a Time to Die : How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
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And a Time to Die : How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life Paperback - 2006

by Kaufman, Sharon R

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A penetrating examination of how most Americans die today--how the patients and their families' conflicting desires about a "good death" collide with the politics and routines of American hospitals.

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  • Title And a Time to Die : How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
  • Author Kaufman, Sharon R
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 412
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
  • Date 2006-09-15
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9706116-6
  • ISBN 9780226426853 / 0226426858
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.08 x 0.93 in (22.86 x 15.44 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Death - Social aspects - United States, Hospital care - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006008224
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.175

First line

In the United States during the twentieth century, death moved out of the home and into medical institutions.Today, more Americans die in

About the author

Sharon R. Kaufman is professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine; at the Institute for Health & Aging; and in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of The Ageless Self and The Healer's Tale.

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