And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life Kaufman Sharon R.Paperback
And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life Kaufman Sharon R.Paperback Over the past thirty years, the way Americans experience death has been dramatically altered. In this…
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And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life Kaufman Sharon R.Paperback
Over the past thirty years, the way Americans experience death has been dramatically altered. In this revelatory study, medical anthropologist Sharon R. The advent of medical technology capable of sustaining life without restoring health has changed where, when, and how we die.
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. Kaufman examines the powerful center of those changes: the hospital, where most Americans die today. In doing so, Kaufman also speaks to the ways we understand what it means to be human and to be alive.
"An act of courage and a public service."-San Francisco Chronicle "This beautifully synthesized and disquieting account of how hospital patients die melds
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