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A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970Institutional Care

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: Institutional Care [This chapter traces the long history of institutional care for moribund and dying patients. While the medieval and early modern “hospices” share little more than the name with it, the modern hospice has a more immediate predecessor in the “hospitals for the incurable sick” that were established in many countries from about 1500. The need for special institutions for terminal care grew, when ordinary hospitals were increasingly transformed into places for the medical care of curable patients who turned fatal cases away. Some ordinary hospitals and special institutions for cancer patients and consumptives offered palliative care but patients might have to die in a poor house or indeed in the streets. In 1879, the first “hospice for the dying” was opened near Dublin. Others soon followed, especially in England. The chapter concludes with some remarks on the experience of dying in an institution and the fears this prospect aroused.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970Institutional Care

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 123)
Stolberg, Michael
Springer Journals — Apr 29, 2017
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
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978-3-319-54177-8
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147 –172
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10.1007/978-3-319-54178-5_10
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[This chapter traces the long history of institutional care for moribund and dying patients. While the medieval and early modern “hospices” share little more than the name with it, the modern hospice has a more immediate predecessor in the “hospitals for the incurable sick” that were established in many countries from about 1500. The need for special institutions for terminal care grew, when ordinary hospitals were increasingly transformed into places for the medical care of curable patients who turned fatal cases away. Some ordinary hospitals and special institutions for cancer patients and consumptives offered palliative care but patients might have to die in a poor house or indeed in the streets. In 1879, the first “hospice for the dying” was opened near Dublin. Others soon followed, especially in England. The chapter concludes with some remarks on the experience of dying in an institution and the fears this prospect aroused.]

Published: Apr 29, 2017

Keywords: Palliative Care; Tuberculosis Patient; Royal Hospital; Late Eighteenth Century; Incurable Patient

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