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Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life
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Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life

Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life

ByAlex Broom
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 3 March 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315578293
Pages 196 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315578293
SubjectsHumanities, Social Sciences
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Broom, A. (2015). Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315578293

An inevitable and universal experience, dying is experienced by individuals in different ways, often related to the character of our relationships, family structures, gender identities, cultural backgrounds, and economic means. Drawing on extensive qualitative fieldwork with patients, carers and health professionals in Australia and the United Kingdom, Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life 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. A theoretically engaged understanding of the social mediation of the end of life, Dying: A Social Perspective on the End of Life also sheds light on the manner in which the end of life can be shaped by major economic, cultural and socio-cultural shifts including neo-liberalism, individualisation, medicalisation, professionalisation and detraditionalisation. As such, it will appeal to social science, health and medical researchers interested in the end of life, as well as those working in palliative and end-of-life care settings.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|20 pages
Introduction
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chapter 2|18 pages
Time to Die? Breaking the News of Futility and the End of Life
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chapter 3|18 pages
A Place for Dying
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chapter 4|18 pages
The Moralities and Politics of Dying in a Hospice
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chapter 5|16 pages
Families and Dying
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chapter 6|18 pages
Nursing the Dying
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chapter 7|16 pages
Dying, Healing and Survivorship
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chapter 8|16 pages
Gender and the Moralities of Dying
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chapter 9|14 pages
The Dying Body
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chapter 10|6 pages
Conclusion
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