End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries /

End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Springer Pub., ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xxx, 217 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Springer series on death and suicide Death and suicide series.
Subject:	Death -- Psychological aspects. Terminally ill -- Psychology. Terminally ill -- Anecdotes. Storytelling -- Psychological aspects. Attitude to Death. Hospice Care. Interprofessional Relations. Terminal Care. Terminally Ill. Death -- Psychological aspects. Storytelling -- Psychological aspects. Terminally ill. Terminally ill -- Psychology. Electronic books. Anecdotes. Anecdotes.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185820

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Other authors / contributors:	Gelfand, Donald E.
ISBN:	9780826126764 0826126766 9780826126757 0826126758 0826126758
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: End-of-life stories. New York : Springer Pub., ©2005 0826126758 9780826126757

Table of 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.