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A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970Caring for Terminally Ill Patients

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970: Caring for Terminally Ill Patients [This chapter identifies early uses of the term “palliative cure” in the late Middle Ages already and describes its growing usage from the sixteenth century onwards. It studies the contemporary meanings of the term “palliative”, which also carried connotations of “merely” covering up the symptoms rather than providing a true, radical cure, and it traces and the eventual rise of the more specific term “euthanasia medicinalis”, referring to the palliative care of the dying. The bulk of the chapter provides a detailed overview of the extensive but so far largely ignored early modern literature on the topic and of what the authors had to say about the practicalities and challenges of terminal care.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Palliative Care, 1500-1970Caring for Terminally Ill Patients

Part of the Philosophy and Medicine Book Series (volume 123)

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-54177-8
Pages
15 –49
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-54178-5_2
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter identifies early uses of the term “palliative cure” in the late Middle Ages already and describes its growing usage from the sixteenth century onwards. It studies the contemporary meanings of the term “palliative”, which also carried connotations of “merely” covering up the symptoms rather than providing a true, radical cure, and it traces and the eventual rise of the more specific term “euthanasia medicinalis”, referring to the palliative care of the dying. The bulk of the chapter provides a detailed overview of the extensive but so far largely ignored early modern literature on the topic and of what the authors had to say about the practicalities and challenges of terminal care.]

Published: Apr 29, 2017

Keywords: Seventeenth Century; Palliative Treatment; Palliative Medicine; Early Modern Period; Opus Omnia

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