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The American Hospice Movement Has Done Much To Bring Aid And Comfort To The Dying And Their Families. Nonintrusive, Humane Care For Persons With Aids, A Special Environment For Children With Terminal Cancer, Pain Management, The Option Of Letting Death Occur At Home Rather Than In A Hospital, The Very Acknowledgment And Acceptance Of Death As A Natural Event In Contemporary American Culture - All Have Been Made Possible In Small Or Large Part By The Hospice Movement. Yet As Told By Some Observers, Its History Has Been Marred By Compromise And Disappointment. The Goal Of An Independent, Nationwide Network Of Hospice Programs, Completely Attuned To The Needs Of The Dying And Unencumbered By The Dictates Of The Traditional Health Care System And Government Bureaucracy, Has Not Been Realized.^ What Had Been Intended As A Full-fledged Alternative To A System Of Care That Seemed Best Suited To The Interests Of Physicians And Hospital Staff, Not The Terminally Ill, Has For The Most Part Been Reduced To A Mere Extension Of That System. Cathy Siebold, A Social Worker And Psychotherapist Who Has Witnessed Firsthand The Evolution Of Hospice Care Since Its Modern Incarnation In The 1960s, Pres

Author

Siebold, Cathy

Publisher

New York: Twayne ; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805738681

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, History