Document Detail


Going home.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11554375     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Because most deaths during the early years of the 20th century occurred in the home, many people had direct and personal experiences with dying. That's no longer the case. Two and a half million people die in this country every year, most in hospitals, where keeping terminally ill people alive seems to be more important than allowing them to die with dignity. Death, at one time a family and community affair, has become a medical event, a technological battlefield often leading to a prolonged and unwittingly cruel death. Why?
Authors:
E Bear
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine     Volume:  20     ISSN:  0738-467X     ISO Abbreviation:  Caring     Publication Date:  2001 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-09-12     Completed Date:  2001-09-13     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8301759     Medline TA:  Caring     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  40     Citation Subset:  H    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anecdotes as Topic
Female
Home Care Services*
Hospice Care*
Humans
Right to Die
Voluntary Workers

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