The dying process : patients' experiences of palliative care /

The dying process : patients' experiences of palliative care /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lawton, Julia, 1969- author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Palliative treatment. Terminal care. Death. Palliative Care. Hospice Care. Death. Death. Palliative treatment. Terminal care. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114187

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ISBN:	020317013X 9780203170137 9780203130278 0203130278 0415226783 0415226791 9780415226783 9780415226790 9781134588671 1134588674 9781134588626 1134588623 9781134588664 1134588666
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	"Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of day care and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death." "Placing the bodily realities of dying very firmly centre stage and questioning the ideology central to the modern hospice movement of enabling patients to 'live until they die', Julia Lawton shows how our concept of a 'good death' is open to interpretation. Her study examines the non-negotiable effects of a patient's bodily deterioration on their sense of self and, in so doing, offers a powerful new perspective on embodiment and emotion in death and dying." "A detailed and subtle ethnographic study, The Dying Process engages with a range of deeply complex and ethically contentious issues surrounding the care of dying patients in hospices and elsewhere. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of the sociology of the body and will also be an invaluable text for professionals, students and others who wish to enhance their understanding of hospice and palliative care."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Lawton, Julia, 1969- Dying process. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415226783

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Day care : a safe retreat
Preface to Chapters 3 and 4
changing contexts: entering the hospice
'Body-subject' to 'body-object' : hospice care and the dying patient
Inpatient hospice care : the sequestration of the unbounded body and 'dirty dying'
Invisible suffering : the social death
Final reflections.