The inevitable hour : a history of caring for dying patients in America /
Emily K. Abel.
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- 226 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-217) and index.
The good death at home -- The medical profession (sometimes) steps in -- Cultivating detachment, sidetracking care -- Institutionalizing the incurable -- "All our dread and apprehension" -- "Nothing more to do" -- A place to die -- The sacred and the spiritual.