Incurable and intolerable [[electronic resource] ] : chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France / / Jason Szabo |
Autore | Szabo Jason <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 616/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Chronic diseases - France - History - 19th century
Palliative treatment - France - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-09420-3
9786612094200 0-8135-4710-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454109403321 |
Szabo Jason <1965-> | ||
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Incurable and intolerable [[electronic resource] ] : chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France / / Jason Szabo |
Autore | Szabo Jason <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 616/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Chronic diseases - France - History - 19th century
Palliative treatment - France - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-09420-3
9786612094200 0-8135-4710-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783093103321 |
Szabo Jason <1965-> | ||
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Incurable and intolerable : chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France / / Jason Szabo |
Autore | Szabo Jason <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 616/.044 |
Soggetto topico |
Chronic diseases - France - History - 19th century
Palliative treatment - France - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-09420-3
9786612094200 0-8135-4710-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821207603321 |
Szabo Jason <1965-> | ||
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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