Alex Broom

Dying

A Social Perspective on the End of Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on extensive qualitative fieldwork with patients, carers and health professionals in Australia and the United Kingdom, this book provides a critical examination of the different spheres of dying, in social and cultural context. Exploring complex issues such as the politics of assisted dying, negotiating medical futility, gender and dying, the desire for redemption, the moralities of 'the good fight' and the lived experience of bodily disintegration, this book links novel theoretical ideas within sociology to cutting-edge empirical data collected in palliative and end-of-life care contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781138494855
• ISBN-10: 1138494852
• Artikelnr.: 52159706

Autorenporträt

Alex Broom is Professor of Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He recently co-edited Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context; Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia; Men's Health: Body, Identity and Social Context; and Gender and Masculinities: Histories, Texts and Practices in India and Sri Lanka. He recently co-authored Therapeutic Pluralism: Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Time to Die? Breaking the News of Futility and the End of Life
Chapter 3 A Place for Dying
Chapter 4 The Moralities and Politics of Dying in a Hospice
Chapter 5 Families and Dying
Chapter 6 Nursing the Dying
Chapter 7 Dying, Healing and Survivorship
Chapter 8 Gender and the Moralities of Dying
Chapter 9 The Dying Body
Chapter 10 Conclusion