How We Die Now : Intimacy and the Work of Dying /

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A labor ethnography hospice and nursing home workers, based on over 50 interviews and over 5 years close involvement in one nursing home in a small Midwestern town.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Erickson, Karla A., 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Intergenerational Relations.
Residential Facilities.
Health Services for the Aged.
Aged > psychology.
Attitude to Death.
Death.
Sterben
Palliativtherapie
Gesundheitswesen
Geriatrie
Terminally ill > Family relationships.
Terminal care > Social aspects.
Older people > Psychology.
Older people > United States > Psychology.
Terminal care > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How we die now : Americans aging and dying in the twenty-first century
  • The paradox of long-term care : we need it; we fear it
  • Transitioning together : living, working, aging, and dying at Winthrop House
  • Lessons from the end of life : what workers learn from helping others die
  • Mutual interdependency : belonging, recognition, and the rewards of caring for one another.

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