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How we die now : intimacy and the work of dying  Cover Image Book Book

How we die now : intimacy and the work of dying / Karla A. Erickson.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781439908235 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1439908230 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781439908242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1439908249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xi, 192 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
How we die now : Americans aging and dying in the twenty-first century -- The paradox of long-term care : we need it; we fear it -- Transitioning together : living, working, aging, and dying at Winthrop House -- Lessons from the end of life : what workers learn from helping others die -- Mutual interdependency : belonging, recognition, and the rewards of caring for one another.
Subject: Terminal care > Social aspects > United States.
Older people > United States > Psychology.
Terminally ill > Family relationships.
Aged > psychology > United States.
Attitude to Death > United States.
Death > United States.
Health Services for the Aged > United States.
Intergenerational Relations > United States.
Residential Facilities > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Interurban Library R 726.8 E75 2013 (Text) 26040003216435 Main Collection Volume hold Available -


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