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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 New
- Pages 412
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 2006-09-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0226426858
- 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)
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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