Suffering narratives of older adults : a phenomenological approach to serious illness, chronic pain, recovery and maternal care /
In Suffering Narratives of Older Adults, Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey turns to the traditions of phenomenology, humanistic psychology and social work to provide an in-depth exploration of the deep structure of the suffering experience. She draws upon the notion of maternal holding to develop an orig...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in the medical humanities.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Dialectics of Suffering and Maternal Care-Seeking in Serious Illness; 2 The Narrative of Angelique: Maternal Affordances and Maternal Grace; 3 The Social Ecology of Suffering and Chronic Pain in Serious Illness: Traumatic Losses of Maternal Foundations; 4 Suffering and Care-Seeking as Moral Experience: Movement Toward Self-Actualization and Spiritual Well-Being; 5 The Narrative of Camila: Enacting and Re-Enacting Cultural Meanings of Faith and Fidelity
- 6 Suffering as Loss of Community: The Gifts of Grapes and Maternal Grace; 7 Seriously Ill Older Adults in Recovery: Maternal Environments; 8 Conclusion: A Call for Broader Social Care Provision
- A Maternal Turn in Ethics of Care; References; Index