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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786961903321

Autore

Moller David Wendell

Titolo

Dancing with broken bones : poverty, race, and spirit-filled dying in the inner city / / David Wendell Moller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-19-993837-7

0-19-026799-2

Edizione

[Revised and expanded edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 206 p.) : ill., ports

Disciplina

362.17/50869420973

Soggetti

Urban poor - United States - Death

Terminal care - United States

Death - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Crossing the tracks -- Dying poor : an invisible world -- Dying in the public hospital system : institutional arrangements and provider perspectives -- Courage through suffering : snapshots of the dying poor -- Triumph and faith through harsh reality and personal tragedy : Lucille Angel -- Life on the brink : Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler -- A conclusion : conscious listening, mindful presence : a lesson learned.

Sommario/riassunto

This title gives voice and face to a vulnerable and disempowered population whose stories often remain untold: the urban dying poor. Drawing on complex issues surrounding poverty, class, and race, Moller illuminates the unique sufferings that often remain unknown and hidden within a culture of broad invisibility.