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UNINA9910782751903321 |
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Titolo |
End-of-life stories [[electronic resource] ] : crossing disciplinary boundaries / / editors, Donald E. Gelfand ... [et al.] |
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New York, : Springer Pub., c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Springer series on death and suicide |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death - Psychological aspects |
Terminally ill - Psychology |
Terminally ill |
Storytelling - Psychological aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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