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Living in Death´s Shadow: Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Emily K. Abel
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Description for Living in Death´s Shadow: Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Hardback. Living in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; LNTJ; MBX; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
What is it like to live with-and love-someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? In Living in Death's Shadow, Emily K. Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying, examines memoirs written between 1965 and 2014 by family members of people who died from chronic disease. In earlier eras, death generally occurred quickly from acute illnesses, but as chronic disease became the major cause of mortality, many people continued to live with terminal diagnoses for months and even years. Illuminating the excruciatingly painful experience of coping with a family member's extended fatal illness, Abel analyzes the political, ... Read more
What is it like to live with-and love-someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? In Living in Death's Shadow, Emily K. Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying, examines memoirs written between 1965 and 2014 by family members of people who died from chronic disease. In earlier eras, death generally occurred quickly from acute illnesses, but as chronic disease became the major cause of mortality, many people continued to live with terminal diagnoses for months and even years. Illuminating the excruciatingly painful experience of coping with a family member's extended fatal illness, Abel analyzes the political, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421421841
SKU
V9781421421841
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About Emily K. Abel
Emily K. Abel is professor emerita at the UCLA-Fielding School of Public Health. She is the author of many books, including Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940 and The Inevitable Hour: A History of Caring for Dying People in America.
Reviews for Living in Death´s Shadow: Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Recommended. All readers.
Choice
... impressive contribution to the history of caring.
H-Net Reviews
Historians of medicine, particularly death and dying, will find plenty of food for thought and inspiration for future scholarship in this study. But this book is also a timely political salvo, and it is to be hoped that it will be read ... Read more
Choice
... impressive contribution to the history of caring.
H-Net Reviews
Historians of medicine, particularly death and dying, will find plenty of food for thought and inspiration for future scholarship in this study. But this book is also a timely political salvo, and it is to be hoped that it will be read ... Read more