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Changing the Way We Die: Compassionate End-of-Life Care and the Hospice Movement
By Smith, Fran & Sheila Himmel
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- 9781936740512 9781936740604
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- Viva Editions
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Starred Review on July 18, 2014 | Nonfiction
America avoids death. From our obsession with youth to our heroic medical model, death is often viewed as giving up. Yet despite a culture of denial, the hospice movement, which helps families face the last stage of life with intention, compassion, and respect, has continually grown since 1963. Free of the often torturous medical attempts to cure old age or terminal illness, hospice offers palliative home care and seeks to restore c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
