End-Of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (Springer Series on Death and Suicide Book 17)

End-of-life experiences are often viewed in terms of only one perspective such as medicine. In this volume, a variety of end-of life experiences are presented and each case is analyzed from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These range across a broad array of the helping professions, and disciplines such as information, law and the social sciences. The book provides a variety of narratives about end-of-life experiences contributed by members of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project. Each of the narratives is then analyzed from several different disciplinary perspectives. These analyzes illustrate how specific end-of-life narratives can be viewed from different dimensions and helps students, researchers and practitioners see the important and varied meanings that end-of-life experiences have at the level of the individual, the family, and the community. The narratives include end-of-life experiences of individuals from a number of diverse backgrounds. End-of-life Experiences Are Often Viewed In Terms Of Only One Perspective Such As Medicine. In This Volume, A Variety Of End-of-life Experiences Are Presented And Each Case Is Analyzed From A Variety Of Disciplinary Perspectives. These Range Across A Broad Array Of The Helping Professions, And Disciplines Such As Information, Law And The Social Sciences.--jacket. The Model : Constructs, Story Domains, And Levels -- Stories Of Ron : Music To His Ears -- Stories Of Ryan : Too Little Time -- Stories Of Grace : Gifts And Givers -- Stories Of Avery : Living And Dying Well -- Stories Of Maggie : Family Dynamite -- Stories Of Malika : Defining A Person -- Stories Of Sonny : Tattoos And Tolerance -- Stories Of Pearl : Surviving End-of-life Care -- Stories Of Henry : Family Choices And Challenges -- Stories Of Peter : Trouble With God And Family -- Stories Of Jim : Homeless And At Home -- Stories Of Shanti : Culture And Karma -- Stories Of Three Veterans : A Spectrum Of Palliation -- Three Veterans' Stories, Robert Zalenski : Boundaries And Bridges. Edited By Donald E. Gelfand ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References. In the Wayne State University End-of-Life Project's first year, one of the group's goals was to develop a conceptual model for an interdisciplinary course.