To comfort always : a history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century / David Clark.
To comfort always : a history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century / David Clark.
To comfort always : a history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century / David Clark.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/4120
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 256 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987. One hundred years earlier, London based doctor William Munk published a treatise on 'easeful death' that mapped out the principles of practical, spiritual, and medical support at the end of life. In the intervening years a major process of development took place which led to in...
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To comfort always : a history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century / David Clark.
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Oxford medical histories series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/4120
Record Identifier
74VKVm50wpK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVm50wpK3
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ISBN
0199674280 hardback
9780199674282 hardback
DDC
616.029
MMS ID
991024018976302626
