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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782751903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2005

ISBN

0-8261-2676-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Springer series on death and suicide

Altri autori (Persone)

GelfandDonald E

Disciplina

155.9/37

Soggetti

Death - Psychological aspects

Terminally ill - Psychology

Terminally ill

Storytelling - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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