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A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: Concepts, Practices, and Ethical challenges de Michael Stolberg

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: Concepts, Practices, and Ethical challenges: Philosophy and Medicine, cartea 123

Autor Michael Stolberg
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 mai 2017
This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients and physicians experienced and dealt with terminal illness. He traces the origins of hospitals for incurable and dying patients and follows the long history of ethical debates on issues like truth-telling and the intentional shortening of the dying patients’ lives and the controversies they sparked between physicians and patients. An eye opener for anyone interested in the history of ethical decision making regarding terminal care of critically ill patients.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319541778
ISBN-10: 3319541773
Pagini: 219
Ilustrații: VIII, 219 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Philosophy and Medicine

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Part I: The Early Modern Period (1500–1800).- Ethical Challenges.- The Experience of Death and Terminal Care in Everyday Life.- Part II: Modern Times (1800–1970).- The Rise and Fall of Euthanasia Medica.- The Practice of Palliative Treatment.- The Doctor as an Emotional and Spiritual Caregiver.- The Perspective of Patients.- Ethical Controversies.- Institutional Care.- The Time after 1945.- Conclusion: Continuity and Change.- Selected Bibliography.

Recenzii

“This English language translation, deriving from the 2011 German edition, has been enhanced and updated. It is organized into two main parts: ‘The Early Modern Period (1500–1800)’ and ‘Modern Times (1800–1970).’ … As a result of its readable, succinct chapters, this text is recommended. The work includes extensive detailed footnotes and a selective bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.” (E. R. Paterson, Choice, Vol. 55 (3), November, 2017)

Notă biografică

Born in Munich, in 1957, Michael Stolberg is chair of the history of medicine at the University of Würzburg, Germany. He was trained and worked as a physician in internal medicine and intensive care before turning to the history of medicine and obtaining a second doctoral degree in history and philosophy in 1994. He has published a several books and numerous articles on the history of medicine, the history of the body and the history of medical ethics.

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This book on the history of palliative care, 1500-1970 traces the historical roots of modern palliative care in Europe to the rise of the hospice movement in the 1960s. The author discusses largely forgotten premodern concepts like cura palliativa and euthanasia medica and describes, how patients and physicians experienced and dealt with terminal illness. He traces the origins of hospitals for incurable and dying patients and follows the long history of ethical debates on issues like truth-telling and the intentional shortening of the dying patients’ lives and the controversies they sparked between physicians and patients. An eye opener for anyone interested in the history of ethical decision making regarding terminal care of critically ill patients.

Caracteristici

The first book to analyze the long history of palliative care, uncovering debates and practices surrounding terminal care, reaching back for centuries Investigates the development of medical debates, practices and institutions as well as at the personal experience of moribund patients and their families Links the plurisecular history of palliative care with an analysis of long-term developments in ethical debates and practices