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Values at the End of Life

The Logic of Palliative Care

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$49.00 • £42.95 • €44.95

ISBN 9780674545175

Publication Date: 06/10/2019

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360 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

10 illus.

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  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The New Economy of Dying
  • 1. The Palliative Care Gaze
  • 2. Financial Economization
  • 3. What the Dying Want
  • 4. Making the Dying Subject
  • 5. Goat Taming
  • Conclusion: Toward a Sociology of Economization
  • Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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