| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 254 pages ): illustrations |
| Contents |
Strangers among us: poverty, race, and the end of life / David Wendell Moller -- Cowboy: from southern plantation to urban homelessness: a portrait of an American life / David Wendell Moller -- Notes from the trenches: a conversation with Cowboy and his team / Terry Altilio -- Exploring the experiences of Mr. J.W. Green: injustice, poverty, mistreatment and evil surrounding serious illness and death in poor African-American people / Richard Payne -- The whites: expressing unimaginable indignities / Christian T. Sinclair -- The story of Annie: gratitude and faith / Betty R. Ferrell -- Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler: life on the brink / Robert Arnold -- The life and death of Lucille Angel from primary care, chaplaincy, and palliative care perspectives / Rachel Diamond, Rev. Robin Franklin, and Timothy Quill -- Dying poor needn't mean dying poorly: insights from a safety-net hospital palliative care program / Gregory P. Gramelspacher and Richard Gunderman -- Notes from the trenches: on social injustice: race, class, and health disparity / F. Amos Bailey -- Notes from the trenches: in the shadows: living, dying, and caring at the margins / Kimberly Curseen and Tammie E. Quest -- Reflections on an urban Thoreau: a peaceful ending to the life of Cowboy / David Wendell Moller -- Cowboy's legacy: reflections on end-of-life care of the urban poor / Shirley Otis-Green -- Epilogue: a call to action: caring at the margins / Diane Meier and Stacie Sinclair -- A final muse: on solidarity with those at the margins / David Wendell Moller |
| Notes |
An illuminating and timely follow up to Dancing with Broken Bones, all discussions revolve around the actual experiences of the patients previously documented, encouraging a greater understanding about the needs of the dying poor, advocating for them, and developing best practices in caring"--ECIP data view |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Terminal Care
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Terminally Ill
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Death
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Poverty Areas
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Urban Population
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Death -- Social aspects -- United States
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Terminal care -- United States -- Case studies
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Urban poor -- United States -- Death -- Case studies
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Death -- Social aspects.
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Terminal care.
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United States |
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Student Life and Profession Collection
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Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moller, David Wendell, editor
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Preceded by (work): Moller, David Wendell.
Dancing with broken bones
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| ISBN |
019091811X (electronic bk.) |
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9780190918118 (electronic bk.) |
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