PART I: INTRODUCTION, PART II: TYPES OF AWARENESS CONTEXTS, PART III: PROBLEMS OF AWARENESS, PART IV: CONCLUSIONS, APPENDIX: Methods of Collection and Analysis of Data, Index
Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss
-This well-written book reports the results of intensive field work
in six California hospitals to explore some of the social aspects
of dying.... Sociologists are provided with valuable research,
related to an integrated substantive theory with wide
generalizability; they will also find some discussions concerning
theory in general; and the book contributes to the sociology of
knowledge as well as medical sociology.... On a societal level, the
book should help to erase some of the taboos surrounding death as a
social topic. On the personal level, the authors provide occasional
suggestions as to how the patient and the family might be more
effective in their efforts to secure information for and from the
medical personnel with whom they interact.- --Glenn M. Vernon,
American Sociological Review -[T]he present volume is of interest
to chaplains, social workers, counselors, as well as medical
personnel, there is sufficient reference to intrafamily and
family-hospital relationships to make it useful to teachers who see
death education as an important part of family life education....
[T]he book is written in non-technical language and could be used
in adult education and junior and senior years of high school as
well as for more advanced study.- --Rose M. Somerville, The Family
Coordinator -Awareness of Dying is an attempt to take cognizance of
this development in our American hospitals, and in doing so the
authors, who studied intensively six hospitals in the San Francisco
Bay area, hope to contribute to a more rational and compassionate
treatment of our dying citizens. Their book is certainly a most
welcome and important contribution to the development of such
treatment and should be required reading for all medical personnel
concerned with this aspect of medical service.... This reviewer
believes their scheme has much merit, for never before has he read
such a clear, explicit, and insightful account of this multifaceted
problem.- --Robert Fulton, American Journal of Sociology
"This well-written book reports the results of intensive field work
in six California hospitals to explore some of the social aspects
of dying.... Sociologists are provided with valuable research,
related to an integrated substantive theory with wide
generalizability; they will also find some discussions concerning
theory in general; and the book contributes to the sociology of
knowledge as well as medical sociology.... On a societal level, the
book should help to erase some of the taboos surrounding death as a
social topic. On the personal level, the authors provide occasional
suggestions as to how the patient and the family might be more
effective in their efforts to secure information for and from the
medical personnel with whom they interact." --Glenn M. Vernon,
American Sociological Review "[T]he present volume is of interest
to chaplains, social workers, counselors, as well as medical
personnel, there is sufficient reference to intrafamily and
family-hospital relationships to make it useful to teachers who see
death education as an important part of family life education....
[T]he book is written in non-technical language and could be used
in adult education and junior and senior years of high school as
well as for more advanced study." --Rose M. Somerville, The Family
Coordinator "Awareness of Dying is an attempt to take cognizance of
this development in our American hospitals, and in doing so the
authors, who studied intensively six hospitals in the San Francisco
Bay area, hope to contribute to a more rational and compassionate
treatment of our dying citizens. Their book is certainly a most
welcome and important contribution to the development of such
treatment and should be required reading for all medical personnel
concerned with this aspect of medical service.... This reviewer
believes their scheme has much merit, for never before has he read
such a clear, explicit, and insightful account of this multifaceted
problem." --Robert Fulton, American Journal of Sociology
"This well-written book reports the results of intensive field work
in six California hospitals to explore some of the social aspects
of dying.... Sociologists are provided with valuable research,
related to an integrated substantive theory with wide
generalizability; they will also find some discussions concerning
theory in general; and the book contributes to the sociology of
knowledge as well as medical sociology.... On a societal level, the
book should help to erase some of the taboos surrounding death as a
social topic. On the personal level, the authors provide occasional
suggestions as to how the patient and the family might be more
effective in their efforts to secure information for and from the
medical personnel with whom they interact." --Glenn M. Vernon,
American Sociological Review "[T]he present volume is of interest
to chaplains, social workers, counselors, as well as medical
personnel, there is sufficient reference to intrafamily and
family-hospital relationships to make it useful to teachers who see
death education as an important part of family life education....
[T]he book is written in non-technical language and could be used
in adult education and junior and senior years of high school as
well as for more advanced study." --Rose M. Somerville, The Family
Coordinator "Awareness of Dying is an attempt to take cognizance of
this development in our American hospitals, and in doing so the
authors, who studied intensively six hospitals in the San Francisco
Bay area, hope to contribute to a more rational and compassionate
treatment of our dying citizens. Their book is certainly a most
welcome and important contribution to the development of such
treatment and should be required reading for all medical personnel
concerned with this aspect of medical service.... This reviewer
believes their scheme has much merit, for never before has he read
such a clear, explicit, and insightful account of this multifaceted
problem." --Robert Fulton, American Journal of Sociology
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