End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries / Edition 1

End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0826126758
ISBN-13:
9780826126757
Pub. Date:
05/02/2005
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company
ISBN-10:
0826126758
ISBN-13:
9780826126757
Pub. Date:
05/02/2005
Publisher:
Springer Publishing Company
End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries / Edition 1

End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries / Edition 1

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826126757
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication date: 05/02/2005
Series: Springer Series on Death and Suicide , #17
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.16(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Donald E. Gelfand, PhD, is a professor of sociology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and Coordinator of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project (WSU-EOLIP).


Richard Raspa, PhD, is a professor and graduate chair in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.


Sherylyn H. Briller, PhD, is an assistant professor of Anthropology and faculty associate in the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.


Stephanie Myers Schim, PhD, RN, APRN, CNAA, BC, is an assistant professor in the Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter One: The Model: Constructs, Story Domains, and Levels
- Major Constructs: Narrative and Culture
- Story Domains
- Level of Analysis
- Intersections

Chapter Two: Stories of Ron: Music to His Ears
- Ron's Story, M. Gunnell
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa
- An Information Response, L. M. Baker
- A Spiritual Response, D. E. Gelfand

Chapter Three: Stories of Ryan: Too Little Time
- Ryan's Story, K. M. Meert
- A Physical Response, J. W. Finn
- A Spiritual Response, E. E. Chapleski
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa

Chapter Four: Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journal
- Abby's Story, E. E. Chapleski
- A Cultural Response, A. Z. Doorenbos
- A Provider Response, R. Thomas
- An Information Response, L. M. Baker

Chapter Five: Stories of Grace: Gifts and Givers
- Grace's Story, D. Deremo and K. M. Meert
- A Spiritual Response, S. Myers Schim
- A Provider Response, S. M. Popkin
- A Life-Course Response, C. Thurston and K. M. Meert

Chapter Six: Stories of Avery: Living and Dying Well
- Avery's Story, S. Myers Schim
- A Community Response, D. E. Gelfand
- A Cultural Response, S. H. Briller
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa

Chapter Seven: Stories of Maggie: Family Dynamite
- Maggie's Story, K. Stever
- An Economic Response, A. C. Goodman
- A Provider Response, M. Gunnell
- A Family Response, P. Wolf

Chapter Eight: Stories of Malika: Defining A Person
- Malida's Story, K. M. Meert o A Family Response, L. Harris
- A Provider Response, A. Canady
- A Cultural Response, S. H. Briller and A. Kabel
- An Ethics Response, K. M. Meert

Chapter Nine: Stories of Sonny: Tattoos and Tolerance
- Sonny's Story, S. M. Popkin
- A Cultural Response, S. H. Briller
- A Legal Response, G. A. Cooney, Jr.
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa

Chapter Ten: Stories of Pearl: Surviving End-of-Life Care
- Pearl's Story, J. W. Finn
- A Provider Response, R. Zalenski
- An Economic Response, A. C. Goodman
- A Provider Response, E. E. Chapleski

Chapter Eleven: Stories of Henry: Family Choices and Challenges
- Henry's Story, G. ooney
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa
- An Ethical Response, D. E. Gelfand
- An Information Response, L. M. Baker

Chapter Twelve: Stories of Peter: Trouble with God and Family
- Peter's Story, A. Z. Doorenbos
- A Provider Response, S. Myers Schim and R. Thomas
- A Spiritual Perspective, A. Z. Doorenbos
- A Narrative Perspective, R. Raspa

Chapter Thirteen Stories of Jim: Homeless and at Home
- Jim's Story, D. Deremo
- A Policy Response, D. E. Gelfand and A. Z. Doorenbos
- A Legal Response, G. A. Cooney, Jr.
- A Provider Response, M. Gunnell

Chapter Fourteen: Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma
- Shanti's Story, A. Z. Doorenbos
- A Cultural Response, E. E. Chapleski
- An Ethical Response, D. E. Gelfand
- A Narrative Response, R. Raspa

Chapter Fifteen: Stories of Three Veterans: A Spectrum of Palliation
- Three Veterans' Stories, R. Zalenski
- Richard's Story
- Moses' Story
- George's Story
- A Provider Response, J. W. Finn
- A Family Response, T. Kovach
- A Communication/Information Response, K. M. Meert

Chapter Sixteen: Boundaries and Bridges

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From the Publisher

"The varied backgrounds arrayed here, the critique of cultural assumptions and attention to notions such as rites of passage help to provide an anthropological sensibility. The editors thus provide a broad, though necessarily not exhaustive canvas of dying by suggesting complex individuals in varied circumstances. Readers are introduced to situations where communication breaks down, where rules are bent to accommodate needs, and in which families and communities display varying degrees of cohesiveness, harmony, and discord. These stories should serve as triggers for intriguing discussion."
Anthropology and Aging Quarterly, May 2006, Volume 27, Number 2

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