1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454109403321

Autore

Szabo Jason <1965->

Titolo

Incurable and intolerable [[electronic resource] ] : chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France / / Jason Szabo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-09420-3

9786612094200

0-8135-4710-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

616/.044

Soggetti

Chronic diseases - France - History - 19th century

Palliative treatment - France - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "What Are His Chances, Doctor?" The Semantics of Incurability in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. Reinventing Hope in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 3. "I Told You So": The Rhyme and Reason of Chronic Disease -- 4. Death, Decay, and the Genesis of Shame -- 5. Medical Attitudes toward the Care of Incurables -- 6. Medical Strategies, Social Conventions, and Palliative Medicine -- 7. Ecce Homo: Opiates, Suffering, and the Art of Palliation -- 8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Incurability and the Quest for Goodness -- 9. The Fate of the Incurably Ill between the Two Revolutions, 1789-1848 -- 10. Caught between Initiative and Inertia: Responses to the Incurably Ill from 1845 to 1905 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Terminal illness and the pain and anguish it brings are experiences that have touched millions of people in the past and continue to shape our experience of the present. Hospital machines that artificially support life and monitor vital signs beg the question: Is there not anything that medical science can offer as solace? Incurable and Intolerable looks at the history of incurable illness from a variety of perspectives, including



those of doctors, patients, families, religious counsel, and policy makers. This compellingly documented and well-written history illuminates the physical, emotional, social, and existential consequences of chronic disease and terminal illness, and offers an original look at the world of palliative medicine, politics, religion, and charity. Revealing the ways in which history can shed new light on contemporary thinking, Jason Szabo encourages a more careful scrutiny of today's attitudes, policies, and practices surrounding "imminent death" and its effects on society.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511374303321

Titolo

European Business Review . Volume 30, Number 2 Journal Rankings and the Notion of Relevance Within Business Research / / guest editors Jan Stentoft and Per Vagn Freytag

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, West Yorkshire : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2018

ISBN

1-78756-478-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 pages)

Disciplina

650.072

Soggetti

Business - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003686549707536

Titolo

Mezzogiorno d'impresa : l'utopia del possibile / a cura di Francesco R. Averna e Giuseppe Rosa ; prefazione di Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma ; Bari : Laterza, c2006

ISBN

9788842079309

Descrizione fisica

viii, 325 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Libri del tempo Laterza ; 386

Altri autori (Persone)

Averna, Francesco R.

Cordero di Montezemolo, Luca

Rosa, Giuseppe

Disciplina

338.9457

Soggetti

Aziende

Italia meridionale

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia