End-of-life stories : crossing disciplinary boundaries / editors, Donald E. Gelfand ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelfand, Donald E.

Series:

Springer series on death and suicide.

Springer series on death and suicide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Terminally ill--Psychology.

Terminally ill.

Terminally ill--Anecdotes.

Storytelling--Psychological aspects.

Storytelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8261-2676-6

OCLC:

476261581