Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and wellwritten history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society.
Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and wellwritten history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society.
Incurable and Intolerable: Chronic Disease and Slow Death in Nineteenth-Century France
310Incurable and Intolerable: Chronic Disease and Slow Death in Nineteenth-Century France
310Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813547107 |
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Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Publication date: | 05/08/2009 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 310 |
File size: | 676 KB |