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A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970The Perspective of Patients

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: The Perspective of Patients [This relatively short chapter draws on the – unfortunately rather rare – personal testimonies of dying patients and of those who took care of them as well as on literary, fictional accounts, in order to throw some light and personal, subjective experience of suffering in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It stresses the importance of class and, more concretely of housing conditions for the experience of dying, at a time when most people still died at home. I hints at major features of the personal experience of dying, such as a sense of powerlessness and irritation. Last but not least, it traces the effects of an ongoing loss of religious certainties, which made the physical suffering of dying appear as all the more meaningless and which could also lead to considerable tensions and conflicts between patients and confessional caregivers.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970The Perspective of Patients

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 123)
Stolberg, Michael
Springer Journals — Apr 29, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-54177-8
Pages
117 –121
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-54178-5_8
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[This relatively short chapter draws on the – unfortunately rather rare – personal testimonies of dying patients and of those who took care of them as well as on literary, fictional accounts, in order to throw some light and personal, subjective experience of suffering in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It stresses the importance of class and, more concretely of housing conditions for the experience of dying, at a time when most people still died at home. I hints at major features of the personal experience of dying, such as a sense of powerlessness and irritation. Last but not least, it traces the effects of an ongoing loss of religious certainties, which made the physical suffering of dying appear as all the more meaningless and which could also lead to considerable tensions and conflicts between patients and confessional caregivers.]

Published: Apr 29, 2017

Keywords: Sick Person; Active Euthanasia; Fictional Writing; Personal Testimony; Fictional Account

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