A History of Palliative Care 1500 1970

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A History of Palliative Care 1500 1970
A History of Palliative Care 1500 1970
Author : Michael Stolberg
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 28 April 2017
ISBN : 9783319541785
Pages : 219 pages
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This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients and physicians experienced and dealt with terminal illness. He traces the origins of hospitals for incurable and dying patients and follows the long history of ethical debates on issues like truth-telling and the intentional shortening of the dying patients’ lives and the controversies they sparked between physicians and patients. An eye opener for anyone interested in the history of ethical decision making regarding terminal care of critically ill patients.

A History of Palliative Care 1500 1970

A History of Palliative Care 1500 1970 by Michael Stolberg

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