End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries / editors, Donald E. Gelfand ... [et al.].

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Springer Pub., c2005.
Description
1 online resource (249 p.)

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Series
Springer series on death and suicide. [More in this series]
Summary note
End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These range across a broad array of the helping professions, and disciplines such as information, law and the social sciences. The book provides a variety of narratives about end-of-life experiences contributed by members of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project. Each of the narratives is then analyzed from several different disciplinary per
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Language note
English
Contents
  • The model : constructs, story domains, and levels
  • Stories of Ron : music to his ears
  • Stories of Ryan : too little time
  • Stories of Grace : gifts and givers
  • Stories of Avery : living and dying well
  • Stories of Maggie : family dynamite
  • Stories of Malika : defining a person
  • Stories of Sonny : tattoos and tolerance
  • Stories of Pearl : surviving end-of-life care
  • Stories of Henry : family choices and challenges
  • Stories of Peter : trouble with God and family
  • Stories of Jim : homeless and at home
  • Stories of Shanti : culture and karma
  • Stories of three veterans : a spectrum of palliation
  • Three veterans' stories, Robert Zalenski : boundaries and bridges.
ISBN
0-8261-2676-6
OCLC
476261581
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