How we die now : intimacy and the work of dying /

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As we live longer and die slower and differently than our ancestors, we have come to rely more and more on end-of-life caregivers. These workers navigate a changing landscape of old age and death that many of us have little preparation to encounter. How We Die Now is an absorbing and sensitive inves...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Erickson, Karla A., 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Older people > United States > Psychology.
Death > United States > Psychological aspects.
Death > United States.
Older people > Medical care > United States.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Long-term care facilities.
Intergenerational relations.
Older people > Psychology.
Death.
Terminally ill > Family relationships.
Terminal care > Social aspects > United States.
Attitude to Death
Health Services for the Aged
Residential Facilities
Death
Relations entre générations.
Personnes âgées > Psychologie.
Mort.
Malades en phase terminale > Relations familiales.
Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Soins en phase terminale > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Mort > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Mort > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Établissements de soins de longue durée.
deaths.
extended care facilities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Terminal care > Social aspects.
Older people > Medical care.
Sterben
Palliativtherapie
Gesundheitswesen
Geriatrie
United States
United States.
Internet Resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. How We Die Now: Americans Aging and Dying in the Twenty-First Century; 2. The Paradox of Long-Term Care: We Need It; We Fear It; 3. Transitioning Together: Living, Working, Aging, and Dying at Winthrop House; 4. Lessons from the End of Life: What Workers Learn from Helping Others Die; 5. Mutual Interdependency: Belonging, Recognition, and the Rewards of Caring for One Another.

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