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And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life
Sharon R. Kaufman
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Over the past thirty years, the way Americans experience death has been dramatically altered. The advent of medical technology capable of sustaining life without restoring health has changed where, when, and how we die. In this revelatory study, medical anthropologist Sharon R. Kaufman examines the powerful center of those changes: the hospital, where most Americans die today. She deftly links the experiences of patients and families, the work of hospital staff, and the ramifications of institutional bureaucracy to show the invisible power of the hospital system in shaping death and our individual experience of it. In doing so, Kaufman also ... Read more
Over the past thirty years, the way Americans experience death has been dramatically altered. The advent of medical technology capable of sustaining life without restoring health has changed where, when, and how we die. In this revelatory study, medical anthropologist Sharon R. Kaufman examines the powerful center of those changes: the hospital, where most Americans die today. She deftly links the experiences of patients and families, the work of hospital staff, and the ramifications of institutional bureaucracy to show the invisible power of the hospital system in shaping death and our individual experience of it. In doing so, Kaufman also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226426853
SKU
V9780226426853
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