Dancing with Broken Bones

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-976013-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Dancing with Broken Bones gives voice and face to a vulnerable and disempowered population whose stories often remain untold: the urban dying poor. Drawing on complex issues surrounding poverty, class, and race, Moller illuminates the unique sufferings that often remain unknown and hidden within a culture of broad invisibility. He demonstrates how a complex array of factors, such as mistrust of physicians, regrettable indignities in care, and inadequate
communication among providers, patients, and families, shape the experience of the dying poor in the inner city.
This book challenges readers to look at reality in a different way. Demystifying stereotypes that surround poverty, Moller illuminates how faith, remarkable optimism, and an unassailable spirit provide strength and courage to the dying poor. Dancing with Broken Bones serves as a rallying call for compassionate individuals everywhere to understand and respond to the needs of the especially vulnerable, yet inspiring, people who comprise the world of the inner city dying poor.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moller, David Wendell

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Revisiting Dancing with Broken Bones

Chapter 1. Crossing the Tracks

Chapter 2. Dying Poor: An Invisible World

Chapter 3. Dying the Public Hospital System: Institutional Arrangements and Provider Perspectives

Chapter 4. Courage Through Suffering: Snapshots of the Dying Poor

Chapter 5. Triumph and Faith Through Harsh Reality and Personal Tragedy: Lucille Angel

Chapter 6. Life on the Brink: Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler

Chapter 7. A Conclusion: Conscious Listening, Mindful Presence-A Lesson Learned

Epilogue. An Urban Thoreau

Über Autor(innen)

David Wendell Moller is Chair of the Department of Bioethics at Kansas City University if Medicine and Biosciences. Previously, he served as Director of Human Values in Medicine at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, and he has held academic positions at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Indiana University, and Fort Hays State University. Moller has lectured extensively on the human encounter with mortality, and has authored several books
that explore the intersection of cutlure, society, and the experience of dying.