Lessons in mortality

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"Writing frankly, Weisse discusses how doctors and patients of cancer, heart disease, stroke, infectious disease, AIDS, and other dire diagnoses deal with illness in the twenty-first century, considering, in turn, how such factors as specialization, rising costs, managed care, the insurance industry, and litigation has changed the practice of medicine"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Critically ill,  Psychology,  Conduct of life,  Physician and patient,  Health behavior,  Attitude to Death,  Personal Narratives,  Physician-Patient Relations,  Death,  Physician's Practice Patterns,  Sick Role,  Sick, psychology,  Practice Patterns, Physicians'