Awareness of dying

By:

Glaser, B.G

Contributor(s):

Strauss, A.L

Publication details: New York : Aldine, 1965ISBN:

0202300013

Subject(s):

Contents:

Introduction ; The problem of awareness of dying ; Expectations of death : a problem in social definition ; Types of awareness contexts ; Closed awareness ; Suspicion awareness : the contest for control ; The ritual drama of mutual pretense ; The ambiguities of open awareness ; Discounting awareness ; Problems of awareness ; Direct disclosure of terminality ; The unaware family ; The aware family ; Nothing more to do : the problem of no recovery ; Nothing more to do : the problem of comfort ; Awareness and the nurse's composure ; Conclusions ; The practical use of awareness theory ; Awareness and the study of social interaction ; Methods of collection and analysis of data ; Index

Summary: This book is the result of fieldwork conducted at six hospitals in San Fransisco and examines the interaction between patients dying in hospital and hospital staff.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden)	WY 152 GLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		54031000090910
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Shelves	WB311 GLA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000002443

Key text (CCPC)

This book is the result of fieldwork conducted at six hospitals in San Fransisco and examines the interaction between patients dying in hospital and hospital staff.

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