This in-between how families talk about death in relation to severe brain injury and disorders of consciousness

These comments encapsulate some common themes in how people describe having a severely brain-injured relative in a coma-like condition, medically known as a 'disorder of consciousness'. In the past it was highly unusual for such individuals to survive very long after the initial trauma tha...

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Otros Autores: Kitzinger, Celia, author (author), Kitzinger, Jenny, author
Formato: Seriada digital
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke (UK) : Palgrave MacMillan 2014.
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  • Introduction; Leen Van Brussel And Nico Carpentier 1. A Discourse-Theoretical Approach To Death And Dying; Leen Van Brussel 2. Studying Illness And Dying Through Constructivist Grounded Theory; Linda Liska Belgrave And Kathy Charmaz 3. Feeling Bodies: Analysing The Unspeakability Of Death; John Cromby And Adele Phillips 4. Representations Of Corpses In Comtemporary Television; Tina Weber 5. Ladies' Choice? Requested Death In Film; Fran Mcinerney 6. The Expertise Of Illness: Celebrity Constructions And Public Understandings; Daniel Ashton 7. Death, Fantasy, And The Ethics Of Mourning; Jason Glynos 8. Ethics, Killing And Dying: The Discursive Struggle Between Ethics Of War And Peace Models In The Cypriot Independence War Of 1955-1959; Nico Carpentier 9. On The Deathly Construction Of Society; Arnar Árnason 10. From Theft To Donation: Dissection, Organ Donation And Collective Memory; Glennys Howarth 11. Digital Objects Of The Dead: Negotiating Electronic Remains; Margart Gibson 12. 'ThisIn-Between': How Families Talk About Death In Relation To Severe Brain Injury And Disorders Of Consciousness; Celia Kitzinger And Jenny Kitzinger OPEN Afterword.