The lips of the dead and the 'kiss of life': The contemporary deathbed and the aesthetic of CPR

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-327

  Tercier, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036024776     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6443.00180     Document Type: Review

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