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 | Death Is That Man Taking Names: Intersections of American Medicine, Law, and Culture (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Updated Edition) by Robert A. Burt, Ra Burt Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-520-24324-2 / 0520243242 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24324-8 / 9780520243248 The American culture of death changed radically in the 1970s. For terminal illnesses, hidden decisions by physicians were rejected in favor of rational self-control by patients asserting their 'right to die' - initially by refusing medical treatment and more recently by physician-assisted suicide. T | |