The French novelist Marcel Proust (1871–1922) died of complicated bronchopneumonia
on November 18, 1922 [
]. His housekeeper recounted that the writer refused treatment and further investigations
suggested by his general practitioner, stating that “it was useless to prolong a life
so infamous” [
]. Here, we attempt to analyze the causes of Proust's choice to refuse the treatment.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 03, 2017
Accepted:
May 2,
2017
Received in revised form:
April 22,
2017
Received:
March 31,
2017
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