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Dancing with Broken Bones : Poverty, Race, and Spirit-Filled Dying in the Inner City.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199938377
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dancing with Broken BonesDDC classification:
  • 362.17/50869420973
LOC classification:
  • HV4045.M655 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Dancing with Broken Bones: A Revisit -- 1. Crossing the Tracks -- 2. Dying Poor: An Invisible World of Chaos and Complexity -- 3. Dying in the Public Hospital System: Institutional Arrangements and Provider Perspectives -- 4. Courage Through Suffering: Narrative Snapshots of the Dying Poor -- 5. Triumph and Faith Through Harsh Reality and Personal Tragedy: Lucille Angel -- 6. Life on the Brink: Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler -- 7. A Conclusion: Conscious Listening, Mindful Presence-A Lesson Learned -- Epilogue: An Urban Thoreau.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Dancing with Broken Bones: A Revisit -- 1. Crossing the Tracks -- 2. Dying Poor: An Invisible World of Chaos and Complexity -- 3. Dying in the Public Hospital System: Institutional Arrangements and Provider Perspectives -- 4. Courage Through Suffering: Narrative Snapshots of the Dying Poor -- 5. Triumph and Faith Through Harsh Reality and Personal Tragedy: Lucille Angel -- 6. Life on the Brink: Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler -- 7. A Conclusion: Conscious Listening, Mindful Presence-A Lesson Learned -- Epilogue: An Urban Thoreau.

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.

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