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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 238
Pages: 238
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05 - Publisher: JHU Press
A frank portrayal of the medical care of dying people past and present, The Inevitable Hour helps to explain why a movement to restore dignity to the dying aros
Language: en
Pages: 239
Pages: 239
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-10 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
How we die reveals much about how we live. In this provocative book, Shai Lavi traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitu
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-30 - Publisher: UNC Press Books
This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an "invisible" malady to a powerful,
Language: en
Pages: 295
Pages: 295
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-08 - Publisher: UNC Press Books
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