02214nam a22003854a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112016002000129020004100149020001800190040002100208035002100229050002500250082001200275090001800287100002900305245011200334260005900446300002100505505041500526520038300941533015201324650004001476650004501516650003401561650002801595655003401623710002201657856013101679999001801810ebr10188297CaPaEBR20260707180427.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||060306s2006    mou     s    s000 0deng    z  20060078067 z1012706162DNLM  z0826216668 (hard cover : alk. paper)  z9780826216663  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64831493614aR726.5b.W454 2006eb04a616222  c107370d859171 aWeisse, Allen B.915238710aLessons in mortalityh[electronic resource] :bdoctors and patients struggling together /cAllen B. Weisse.  aColumbia, Mo. :bUniversity of Missouri Press,cc2006.  a182 p. ;c22 cm.0 aIntroduction -- 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.  a"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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aCritically illxPsychology.9152388 0aCritically illxConduct of life.9152389 0aPhysician and patient.921459 0aHealth behavior.931613 7aElectronic books.2local91902 aebrary, Inc.919140uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10188297zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c107370d85917