Values at the End of Life : : The Logic of Palliative Care / / Roi Livne.
Once defiant of death—or even in denial—many American families and health care professionals are embracing the notion that a life consumed by suffering may not be worth living. Sociologist Roi Livne documents the rise and effectiveness of hospice and palliative care, and the growing acceptance that...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The New Economy of Dying
- 1. The Palliative Care Gaze
- 2. Financial Economization
- 3. What the Dying Want
- 4. Making the Dying Subject
- 5. Goat Taming
- Conclusion: Toward a Sociology of Economization
- Methodology
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index