Living in Death’s Shadow: Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss

Recommended. All readers.
—Choice . . . impressive contribution to the history of caring.
—H-Net Reviews Historians of medicine, particularly death and dying, will find plenty of food for thought and inspiration for future scholarship in this study. But this book is also a timely political salvo, and it is to be hoped that it will be read widely for it is an astute and accessible critique of current attitudes and policies surrounding dying.
—Society for the Social History of Medicine In this book, the problems of palliative care are described from a slightly different angle (that of the relatives and carers), and I think most people who work in palliative care will find it a worthwhile read.
—International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Living in Death''s Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer''s, and heart disease.
—Nursing and Health Science Living in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.

• | Author: Emily K. Abel
• | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2017
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781421421841
• | ISBN-10: 1421421844