Changing the way we die : compassionate end-of-life care and the hospice movement

Smith, Fran

Changing the way we die : compassionate end-of-life care and the hospice movement / Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel ; foreword by Joan Halifax - First edition - xxii, 223 pages

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. The choice What do you want to do with the rest of your life? Birth of a movements Cure versus care Part two. The patients Evelyn Landes : house calls Alice and Ying Wun : a fragile family peace Peter Serrell : final fast Fred Holliday : inside the Catch-22 of hospice Part three. The survivors Up from the abyss Turning points Part four. The providers The gift of grace New course for doctors Dying for dollars Cultural revolutions Not if, but when

9781936740512


Hospice care--United States
Terminal care--United States

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