California/Milbank books on health and the public ;
Volume Designation
7
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
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Notes: p. 187-218.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Pursuing the good death -- Hidden death -- Death at war -- Judges and death -- Doctors and death -- Choosing death -- The death penalty -- All the days of my life.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttt4pbg
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Death is that man taking names.
International Standard Book Number
0520232828
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Death-- Social aspects-- United States.
Death.
Terminal care-- United States.
Death-- Social aspects.
Death.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.