McNamara, Beverley, <br/><br/>
Fragile lives :  death, dying and care / 
Beverley McNamara. 
 - viii, 165 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Life in the face of death --  Thoughts about facing death --  The cancer story --  Constructions of a good death --  How we die: The uncertain worlds of terminally ill people --  Medicine's affair with death --  Speaking the 'truth' about dying --  Patient autonomy and professional control --  The rewards and costs of caring --  Palliation: Masking pain or masking death? --  Methodological Appendix --  References --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0335208991 9780335208999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Social aspects<br/>Death--Psychological aspects<br/>Terminal care--Social aspects<br/>Terminally ill--Social aspects<br/>Terminally ill--Psychological aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.9