{"product_id":"and-a-time-to-die-how-american-hospitals-shape-the-end-of-life-9780226426853","title":"And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life","description":"Over the past thirty years, the way Americans experience death has been dramatically altered. The advent of medical technology capable of sustaining life without restoring health has changed where, when, and how we die. In this revelatory study, medical anthropologist Sharon R. Kaufman examines the powerful center of those changes: the hospital, where most Americans die today. She deftly links the experiences of patients and families, the work of hospital staff, and the ramifications of institutional bureaucracy to show the invisible power of the hospital system in shaping death and our individual experience of it. In doing so, Kaufman also speaks to the ways we understand what it means to be human and to be alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An act of courage and a public service.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This beautifully synthesized and disquieting account of how hospital patients die melds disciplined description with acute analysis, incorporating the voices of doctors, nurses, social workers, and patients in a provocative analysis of the modern American quest for a 'good death.'\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kaufman exposes the bureaucratic and ethical quandaries that hover over the modern deathbed.\"--\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kaufman's analysis illuminates the complexity of the care of critically ill and dying patients [and] the ambiguity of slogans such as 'death with dignity, ' 'quality of life, ' and 'stopping life support.' . . . Thought-provoking reading for everyone contemplating the fate of us all.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew England\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Journal of Medicine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon R. Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226426853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon R. Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine; at the Institute for Health \u0026amp; Aging; and in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ageless Self \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Healer's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812842106995,"sku":"9780226426853","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3e167304-78f0-4a9e-bf6e-a2e95d1e892a.jpg?v=1776777366","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/and-a-time-to-die-how-american-hospitals-shape-the-end-of-life-9780226426853","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}