Dancing with broken bones : poverty, race, and spirit-filled dying in the inner city / / David Wendell Moller
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| Autore: |
Moller David Wendell
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| Titolo: |
Dancing with broken bones : poverty, race, and spirit-filled dying in the inner city / / David Wendell Moller
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Edizione: | Revised and expanded edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xviii, 206 p.) : ill., ports |
| Disciplina: | 362.17/50869420973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urban poor - United States - Death |
| Terminal care - United States | |
| Death - Social aspects - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dancing with broken bones |
| ISBN: | 0-19-993837-7 |
| 0-19-026799-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786961903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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