Meet Emily K. Abel

Emily K. Abel is professor emerita at the UCLA–Fielding School of Public Health. She is the author of many books, including After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors and Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850–1940.

Published Works

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The Inevitable Hour

A History of Caring for Dying Patients in America

Emily K. Abel

Publication Date

2013

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Living in Death’s Shadow

Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss

Emily K. Abel

Publication Date

2017