An illuminating and timely follow up to Dancing with Broken Bones, all discussions revolve around the actual experiences of the patients previously documented, encouraging a greater understanding about the needs of the dying poor, advocating for them, and developing best practices in caring"--ECIP data view. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Strangers among us : poverty, race, and the end of life / David Wendell Moller -- Across the tracks : Milton -- reflections on a grim beginning / David Wendell Moller -- Notes from the trenches : a conversation with Cowboy and his team / Terry Altilio -- Exploring the experiences of Mr. J.W. Green : injustice, poverty, mistreatment and evil surrounding serious illness and death in poor African-American people / Richard Payne -- Voices of the patients : the Whites -- expressing unimaginable indignities / Christian T. Sinclair -- The story of Annie -- gratitude and faith / Betty R. Ferrell -- Life on the brink : Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler / Robert Arnold -- The life and death of Lucille Angel from primary care, chaplaincy, and palliative care perspectives / Rachel Diamond, Rev. Robin Franklin, and Timothy Quill -- Dying poor needn't mean dying poorly : insights from a safety-net hospital palliative care program / Gregory P. Gramelspacher and Richard Gunderman -- Notes from the trenches : on social injustice : race, class, and health disparity / F. Amos Bailey -- Notes from the trenches : living, dying, and caring at the margins / Tammie E. Quest and Kimberly Curseen -- Reflections on an urban Thoreau : a peaceful ending to the life of Cowboy / David Wendell Moller -- Reflections on end-of-life care of the urban poor : Cowboy's legacy / Shirley Otis-Green -- Epilogue: a call to action : caring at the margins / Diane Meier and Stacie Sinclair -- A final muse : on solidarity with those at the margins / David Wendell Moller.
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