Fragile lives: death, dying and care
Опубликовано на портале: 28-11-2006
Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2001
Тематический раздел:
Beverley McNamara looks at death from a sociological perspective. Arguing that despite
popular belief death does not make us equal, she shows that dying is a chaotic and
uncertain process. Yet despite the disorderly manner in which people die, McNamara
demonstrates that social and cultural patterns can be found in the way we approach
dying and the care of terminally ill people. She examines the medicalisation of care
for the dying, attitudes of carers and the notion of the 'good death'. She also explores
the euthanasia debate and our fear of cancer.
Drawing on wide-ranging qualitative research, Fragile Lives is a sensitive analysis
of the social issues surrounding death.
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Preface |
vii |
1. Life in the face of death
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1. |
2. Thoughts about facing death |
14. |
3. The cancer story |
28. |
4. Constructions of a good death
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41. |
5. How we die: The uncertain
worlds of terminally ill people |
54. |
6. Medicine's affair with death |
68. |
7. Speaking the ‘truth’
about dying |
80. |
8. Patient autonomy and professional
control |
92. |
9 The rewards and costs of caring
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107. |
10 Palliation: Masking pain
or masking death? |
120. |
Methodological Appendix |
136. |
References |
144. |
Index |
159. |
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