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The grace and dignity of humanity is pervasive and memorable in these stories of living with poverty and fatal illness; but I hope that we are also profoundly moved to relieve the tragic circumstances that poverty and inept healthcare arrangements inflicted upon the people whose stories David Moller tells. Informationen zum Autor David Wendell Moller is Chair of the Department of Bioethics at Kansas City University if Medicine and Biosciences. Previously, he served as Director of Human Values in Medicine at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, and he has held academic positions at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Indiana University, and Fort Hays State University. Moller has lectured extensively on the human encounter with mortality, and has authored several books that explore the intersection of cutlure, society, and the experience of dying. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Revisiting Dancing with Broken Bones Chapter 1. Crossing the Tracks Chapter 2. Dying Poor: An Invisible World Chapter 3. Dying the Public Hospital System: Institutional Arrangements and Provider Perspectives Chapter 4. Courage Through Suffering: Snapshots of the Dying Poor Chapter 5. Triumph and Faith Through Harsh Reality and Personal Tragedy: Lucille Angel Chapter 6. Life on the Brink: Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Chapter 7. A Conclusion: Conscious Listening, Mindful Presence-A Lesson Learned Epilogue. An Urban Thoreau ...
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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.
