Incurable and intolerable chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France / Jason Szabo.
| Author/creator | Szabo, Jason, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, |
| Description | x, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "What are his chances, doctor?" : the semantics of incurability in the nineteenth century -- Reinventing hope in the late nineteenth century -- "I told you so" : the rhyme and reason of chronic disease -- Death, decay, and the genesis of shame -- Medical attitudes toward the care of incurables -- Medical strategies, social conventions, and palliative medicine -- Ecce homo : opiates, suffering, and the art of palliation -- The good, the bad, and the ugly : incurability and the quest for goodness -- The fate of the incurably ill between the two revolutions, 1789-1848 -- Caught between initiative and inertia : responses to the incurably ill from 1845 to 1905. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-287) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008035431 |
| ISBN | 9780813545455 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813545455 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |