Nursing Stories : Life and Death in a German Hospice Hardback
by Nicholas Eschenbruch
Part of the New Directions in Anthropology series
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At a time, when the section of the older population is increasing in all western societies, more and more attention needs to be paid to the growing number of people who live with and die of drawn-out terminal illnesses, cancer being one of the most common ones.
This study focuses on terminally ill people in a German hospice and addresses the question how meaningful experience is constructed for these patients in an attempt to preserve their dignity as persons.
It is based on detailed and sometimes moving material from diary texts and active participation of the author in the role of a nurse, which allowed him to watch closely the behaviour of patients and nurses in routine situations and to look at the underlying emotions, values, and assumptions within such interaction.
This book goes well beyond this particular case and reaches conclusions about death narratives that are significant for the social sciences more generally.
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- Pages:148 pages
- Publisher:Berghahn Books
- Publication Date:01/12/2006
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- ISBN:9781845451516
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:148 pages
- Publisher:Berghahn Books
- Publication Date:01/12/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781845451516
