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How we die now : intimacy and the work of dying / Karla A. Erickson

Author
Erickson, Karla A., 1973-
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xi, 192 pages ; 22 cm

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Contents
How we die now : Americans aging and dying in the twenty-first century -- The paradox of long-term care : we need it; we fear it -- Transitioning together : living, working, aging, and dying at Winthrop House -- Lessons from the end of life : what workers learn from helping others die -- Mutual interdependency : belonging, recognition, and the rewards of caring for one another.
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ISBN
9781439908235 (cloth : alk. paper)
1439908230 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781439908242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1439908249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
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