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| Rites of passage and the hospice culture | | Author(s) | Katherine Froggatt |
| Journal title | Mortality, vol 2, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 123-136 |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Death ; Dying ; Family relationships ; Attitude ; Adjustment. |
| Annotation | The life-death boundary is an integral part of hospice work. In this article, the rites of passage framework is used to explore how the hospice as an institution manages the transition between life and death for patients and their kin. In particular, V W Turner's theoretical development of the concept of liminality illuminates understanding of the experience of hospice and hospice care for patients and their families. This model is described, critiqued, and applied to the ideology of the hospice culture and their care of patients and kin, by drawing on empirical work in the author's thesis, "Crossing the boundaries: hospice work, death and emotions" (1995). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020515211 A |
| Classmark | LV: CW: CX: DS:SJ: DP: DR * |
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