| Description |
x, 400 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part I -- The Predicament: Death Becomes A New Kind Of Problem 21 -- 1. Death and Hospital Culture -- 2. Death in Life: The "Person" and the Experience of Dying -- Part Ii -- The Hospital System: Time And The Power Of The Pathway 85 -- 3. Transforming Time: From Deathwatch to Billable Treatments 89 -- 4. Moving Things Along 95 -- I. The Heroic Intervention Pathway 104 -- II. The Paradox of Resuscitation: Approach/Avoidance on the Heroic Pathway 116 -- III. The Revolving Door Pathway 131 -- 5. Waiting 147 -- I. Obstructing the Order of Things 152 -- II. "Let's Wait and See": The Indeterminate Condition of Old Age 177 -- III. Agreement and Anticipation: Watchful Waiting 190 -- Part Iii -- The Politics And Rhetoric Of The Patient'S Condition: "Suffering," "Dignity," And "The Quality Of Life" 203 -- 6. Death by Design 207 -- 7. Life Support 236 -- 8. Hidden Places: The Zone of Indistinction as a Way of Life 273 -- I. The Specialized Unit: Routines Without Pathways, Life with No End 275 -- II. The Shadow Side of "Death with Dignity" -- 9. Culture in the Making -- Appendix A. About the Research -- Appendix B. A Note on Diversity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Credits -- Index |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Originally published: New York : Scribner, c2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index |
| Subject |
Terminal care -- United States.
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Hospital care -- United States.
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Death -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2006008224 |
| ISBN |
9780226426853 paperback |
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0226426858 paperback |
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