The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America / Emily K. Abel.

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The good death at home -- Medical professionals (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.