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How we die now : intimacy and the work of dying / Karla A. Erickson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erickson, Karla A., 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--Social aspects--United States.
- Terminal care.
- Older people--United States--Psychology.
- Older people.
- Terminal care--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Psychology.
- Terminally ill--Family relationships.
- Terminally ill.
- Aged--psychology.
- Attitude to Death.
- Death.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Intergenerational Relations.
- Residential Facilities.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aged--psychology.
- United States.
- Attitude to Death.
- Death.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Intergenerational Relations.
- Residential Facilities.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 192 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1439908249
- 9781439908235
- 1439908230
- 9781439908242
- OCLC:
- 832280964
- Publisher Number:
- 99957458690
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