| Edition |
Rev. & expanded ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- United States -- Death -- Case studies.
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Urban poor. |
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United States. |
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Death. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Terminal care -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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Terminal care -- Social aspects. |
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Death -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version 9780199760138 |
| ISBN |
0199760136 |
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9780199760138 |
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9780190267995 |
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0190267992 |
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9780199759804 |
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0199759804 |
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