Incurable and Intolerable

Chronic Disease and Slow Death in Nineteenth-Century France

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Terminal illness and the pain and anguish it brings are experiences that have touched millions of people in the past and continue to shape our experience of the present. Hospital machines that artificially support life and monitor vital signs beg the question: Is there not anything that medical science can offer as solace? Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and well-written history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-05-08
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor310
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813545455

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Acknowledgments"What Are His Chances, Doctor?" The Semantics of Incurability in the Nineteenth CenturyReinventing Hope in the Late Nineteenth Century"I Told You So"Death, Decay, and the Genesis of ShameMedical Attitudes toward the Care of IncurablesMedical Strategies, Social Conventions, and Palliative MedicineEcce HomoThe Good, the Bad, and the UglyThe Fate of the Incurably Ill between the Two Revolutions, 1789-1848Caught between Initiative and InertiaConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

In this original and engaging book, Jason Szabo explores a historical topic with great contemporary relevance--the encounter of physicians, patients, andsocial institutions with chronic and incurable disease. - Harry M. Marks (Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University) In this original and engaging book, Jason Szabo explores a historical topic with great contemporary relevance--the encounter of physicians, patients, andsocial institutions with chronic and incurable disease. - Harry M. Marks (Institute of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University)