| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 217 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Springer series on death and suicide
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Death and suicide series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Death -- Psychological aspects. |
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Terminally ill -- Psychology.
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Terminally ill -- Psychology. |
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Terminally ill -- Anecdotes.
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Terminally ill. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Storytelling -- Psychological aspects.
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Storytelling -- Psychological aspects. |
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Attitude to Death. |
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Hospice Care. |
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Interprofessional Relations. |
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Terminal Care. |
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Terminally Ill. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Gelfand, Donald E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: End-of-life stories. New York : Springer Pub., ©2005 0826126758 9780826126757 (DLC) 2005005647 (OCoLC)58536665 |
| ISBN |
9780826126764 (electronic book) |
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0826126766 (electronic book) |
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0826126758 |
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