LEADER 03802nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910821207603321 005 20240430194616.0 010 $a1-282-09420-3 010 $a9786612094200 010 $a0-8135-4710-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813547107 035 $a(CKB)1000000000748105 035 $a(EBL)435063 035 $a(OCoLC)609837466 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267668 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10361116 035 $a(PQKB)10850397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC435063 035 $a(OCoLC)647759063 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8107 035 $a(DE-B1597)528954 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813547107 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL435063 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10294842 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209420 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000748105 100 $a20080811d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIncurable and intolerable $echronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France /$fJason Szabo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4545-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. "What Are His Chances, Doctor?" The Semantics of Incurability in the Nineteenth Century -- $t2. Reinventing Hope in the Late Nineteenth Century -- $t3. "I Told You So": The Rhyme and Reason of Chronic Disease -- $t4. Death, Decay, and the Genesis of Shame -- $t5. Medical Attitudes toward the Care of Incurables -- $t6. Medical Strategies, Social Conventions, and Palliative Medicine -- $t7. Ecce Homo: Opiates, Suffering, and the Art of Palliation -- $t8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Incurability and the Quest for Goodness -- $t9. The Fate of the Incurably Ill between the Two Revolutions, 1789-1848 -- $t10. Caught between Initiative and Inertia: Responses to the Incurably Ill from 1845 to 1905 -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex -- $tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aTerminal 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. 606 $aChronic diseases$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPalliative treatment$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aChronic diseases$xHistory 615 0$aPalliative treatment$xHistory 676 $a616/.044 700 $aSzabo$b Jason$f1965-$01691792 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821207603321 996 $aIncurable and intolerable$94068450 997 $aUNINA