Weisse, Allen B. <br/><br/>
Lessons in mortality  doctors and patients struggling together /  [electronic resource] : 
Allen B. Weisse. 
 - Columbia, Mo. :  University of Missouri Press,  c2006. 
 - 182 p. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Lance Armstrong and me -- The crock -- Devotion -- The iron man -- Waste -- Marking time at Hillcrest Home -- The case of the baffling boy : chapter one -- Eddy -- Smart ass -- Victims all -- The end of the road -- Modern medicine -- The survivor -- A man what am -- Other faces of AIDS -- On dying with dignity--and a diagnosis -- The gift -- Time (overdue) for a change -- Stroke -- A letter. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Critically ill--Psychology.<br/>Critically ill--Conduct of life.<br/>Physician and patient.<br/>Health behavior.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.5  / .W454 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616