02458nam 22005654a 450 991077829300332120230829000803.00-8262-6568-5(CKB)1000000000475704(OCoLC)228173790(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188297(SSID)ssj0000191382(PQKBManifestationID)11171447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191382(PQKBWorkID)10183688(PQKB)10017210(MiAaPQ)EBC3570921(Au-PeEL)EBL3570921(CaPaEBR)ebr10188297(EXLCZ)99100000000047570420060306d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLessons in mortality[electronic resource] doctors and patients struggling together /Allen B. WeisseColumbia, Mo. University of Missouri Pressc20061 online resource (193 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1666-8 Introduction -- Lance Armstrong and me -- The crock -- Devotion -- The iron man -- Waste -- Marking time at Hillcrest Home -- The case of the baffling boy : chapter one -- Eddy -- Smart ass -- Victims all -- The end of the road -- Modern medicine -- The survivor -- A man what am -- Other faces of AIDS -- On dying with dignity--and a diagnosis -- The gift -- Time (overdue) for a change -- Stroke -- A letter."Writing frankly, Weisse discusses how doctors and patients of cancer, heart disease, stroke, infectious disease, AIDS, and other dire diagnoses deal with illness in the twenty-first century, considering, in turn, how such factors as specialization, rising costs, managed care, the insurance industry, and litigation has changed the practice of medicine"--Provided by publisher.Critically illPsychologyCritically illConduct of lifePhysician and patientHealth behaviorCritically illPsychology.Critically illConduct of life.Physician and patient.Health behavior.616Weisse Allen B1576354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778293003321Lessons in mortality3854061UNINA