Palliative care: the 400-year quest for a good death

From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772

Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825

That science called euthanasia:1826-1854

Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894

Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935

Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959

Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981

Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999

Choices: 2000 to the present.