Living in Death's Shadow Abel Emily K.
Living in Death's Shadow Abel Emily K. What is it like to live with--and love--someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying,…
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Living in Death's Shadow Abel Emily K.
What is it like to live with--and love--someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? 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 Living in Death's Shadow, Emily K.
Illuminating the excruciatingly painful experience of coping with a family member's extended fatal illness, Abel analyzes the political, personal, cultural, and medical dimensions of these struggles.The book focuses on three significant developments that transformed the experiences of those dying and their intimates: the passage of Medicare and Medicaid, the growing use 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.
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