End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary BoundariesDonald E. Gelfand, PhD, Richard Raspa, PhD, Sherylyn H. Briller, PhD, Stephanie Myers Schim, PhD, RN, APRN, CNAA, BC Springer Publishing Company, 2005 M05 2 - 256 pages 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 perspectives. These analyzes illustrate how specific end-of-life narratives can be viewed from different dimensions and helps students, researchers and practitioners see the important and varied meanings that end-of-life experiences have at the level of the individual, the family, and the community. The narratives include end-of-life experiences of individuals from a number of diverse backgrounds. |
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... terminal illness in a joint project at the John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center, Detroit, and Wayne State University Medical School. Kathleen L. Meert, MD, is a professor of pediatrics at Contributors xiii.
... terminal condition. Others believe that it is the family's duty to manage bad news, to shield the ill person from stress, and to make significant care decisions for the individual. Given the individual, family, and cultural range of ...
... terminal illness allows time for saying goodbye, mending relationships, and putting affairs in order, people often return to previous spiritual and religious roots or seek new connections. Families and communities faced with losses also ...
... terminal wean process and to provide comfort to the dying patient as the respirator was removed. As it turned out, the work that I provided was much more a family process than an exclusive intervention for the benefit of the patient ...
... terminal wean procedure. There were about 20 family members around the patient's bed. I immediately sensed the uncomfortable energy in the room and the feeling that no one knew exactly what to expect or what to do or say. I explained my ...
Contents
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An Ojibwa Journey | 51 |
Gifts and Givers | 64 |
Living and Dying Well | 77 |
Family Dynamite | 92 |
Defining a Person | 105 |
Surviving EndofLife Care | 134 |
Family Choices and Challenges | 148 |
Trouble With God and Family | 156 |
Homeless and at Home | 168 |
Culture and Karma | 177 |
A Spectrum of Palliation | 189 |
16 Boundaries and Bridges | 209 |
Tattoos and Tolerance | 120 |