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BL
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960599
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b714969
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| Main Entry
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Burt, Robert A.,1939-2015.
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| Title & Author
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Death is that man taking names : : intersections of American medicine, law, and culture /\ Robert A. Burt.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press ;New York :: Milbank Memorial Fund,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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California/Milbank books on health and the public ;; 7
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 221 pages)
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| ISBN
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0520232828
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: 0520243242
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: 0520931467
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: 1282357603
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: 159734575X
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: 6612357606
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: 9780520232822
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: 9780520243248
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: 9780520931466
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: 9781282357600
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: 9781597345750
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: 9786612357602
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0520232828
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0520243242
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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Notes: p. 187-218.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index.
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| Contents
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Pursuing the good death -- Hidden death -- Death at war -- Judges and death -- Doctors and death -- Choosing death -- The death penalty -- All the days of my life.
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| Abstract
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The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their "right to die"--Initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide.
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Death-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Death.
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Terminal care-- United States.
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Death-- Social aspects.
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Death.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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MEDICAL-- History.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Death Dying.
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Terminal care.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.9
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| LC Classification
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R726.8.B875 2002eb
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| NLM classification
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BF 789.D4B973d 2002
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