The hospice movement : easing death's pains / Cathy Siebold.

  • Siebold, Cathy.
Date:
[1992], ©1992
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Twayne, [1992], ©1992.

Physical description

ix, 221 pages ; 22 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. 195-211.

Contents

Introduction to the hospice movement -- Evolution of hospice care -- Social conditions that fostered the hospice movement -- Death with dignity and the emergence of the hospice movement -- Creating the first modern hospice programs -- Peak of the movement -- Fragmentation -- Movement's accomplishments -- Care of the dying: a persistent social issue -- Sources of information on hospice care.

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    History of Medicine
    JIB.RX.6
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  • 0805738673
  • 0805738681