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Dancing with broken bones : poverty, race, and spirit-filled dying in the inner city.

This title 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moller, David Wendell (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition:Rev. & expanded ed.
Subjects:
Urban poor > United States > Death > Case studies.
Terminal care > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Death > United States.
Psychology and religion.
Health.
Medical care.
Social problems.
Sociology.
Therapeutics.
National health services.
Religion.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Diseases.
Urban health.
Death.
Spirituality.
Poverty.
Socioeconomic Factors
Religion and Psychology
Pathologic Processes
Health
Patient Care
Social Problems
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Sociology
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Population Characteristics
Therapeutics
Health Services
Religion
Social Sciences
Psychiatry and Psychology
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Humanities
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Disease
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Urban Health
Poverty Areas
Death
Spirituality
Poverty
Terminal Care
Pauvres en milieu urbain > États-Unis > Mort > Études de cas.
Soins en phase terminale > Aspect social > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Mort > États-Unis.
Psychologie et religion.
Santé.
Soins médicaux.
Problèmes sociaux.
Sociologie.
Thérapeutique.
Services de santé.
Sciences sociales.
Prestation de soins.
Sciences humaines.
Maladies.
Santé urbaine.
Mort.
Spiritualité.
Soins en phase terminale.
Pauvreté.
health.
social issues.
sociology.
religion (discipline)
social sciences.
humanities.
deaths.
treating (health care function)
poverty.
Urban health
Social sciences
Social problems
Psychology and religion
National health services
Medical care
Diseases
Terminal care > Social aspects
United States
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This title 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) : illustrations, portraits
ISBN:0199760136
9780199760138
9780190267995
0190267992
9780199759804
0199759804