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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The U.S. hospital embodies society's hope for itself--a technological bastion standing between us and death. What does the gold standard of rescue, as ideology and industry, mean for the dying patient in the hospital and for the status of dying in American culture? This book shows how dying is a management problem for hospitals, occupying space but few billable encounters and of little interest to medical practice or quality control. An anthropologist and bioethicist with two decades of professional nursing experience, Helen Chapple goes beyond current work on hospital care to present fine-grained accounts of the clinicians, patients, and families who navigate this uncharted, untidy, and unpredictable territory between the highly choreographed project of rescue and the clinical culmination of death. This book and its important social and policy implications make key contributions to the social science of medicine, nursing, hospital administration, and health care delivery fields. …

Zustand: New. pp. 328.

PAPERBACK. Paperback edition. 322pp. Octavo in wraps. Light wear to wraps, ink notes throughout. Fair.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. pp. 328.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. What does the gold standard of rescue, as ideology and industry, mean for the dying patient in the hospital and for the status of dying in American culture? This book shows how dying is a management problem for hospitals. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …