The paradox of hope : journeys through a clinical borderland /

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"Grounded in intimate moments of family life in and out of hospitals, this book explores the hope that inspires us to try to create lives worth living, even when no cure is in sight. The Paradox of Hope focuses on a group of African American families in a multicultural urban environment, many o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mattingly, Cheryl, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
African Americans > Medical care > United States.
Chronically ill children > Medical care > United States.
Medical anthropology > United States.
Poor > Medical care > United States.
Social medicine > United States.
Medical personnel and patient > United States.
Chronic diseases.
Ethnology.
Children.
Narrative medicine.
Poverty.
African Americans.
Professional-Family Relations
Chronic Disease
Anthropology, Cultural
Child
Narration
Poverty
Black or African American
Ethnology
Noirs américains > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Enfants malades chroniques > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Relations personnel médical-patient > États-Unis.
Relations soignant-famille.
Maladies chroniques.
Ethnologie.
Enfants.
Médecine narrative.
Pauvreté.
Noirs américains.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
children (people by age group)
poverty.
African American.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Narrative medicine
Chronic diseases
Children
African Americans
African Americans > Medical care
Chronically ill children > Medical care
Medical anthropology
Medical personnel and patient
Poor > Medical care
Social medicine
Medicinsk antropologi > Förenta staterna.
Fattigdom > Förenta staterna.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The lobby
  • Narrative matters
  • Border trouble
  • Widening the gap : the creation of a conflict drama
  • Plotting hope
  • Daydreaming : Captain Hook gets speech therapy
  • Fleeting hope
  • Narrative phenomenology and the practice of hope.

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