Should patients be told they are dying? How do families react when one of their members is facing death? Who should reveal that death is imminent? How does hospital staff—doctors, nurses, and attendants—act toward the dying patient and his family? Death, as a social ritual, is one of the great turning points in human existence, but prior to this classic work, it had been subjected to little scientific study. American perspectives on death seem strangely paradoxical—the brutal fact of death is confronted daily in our newspapers yet Americans are unwilling to talk openly about the process of dying itself. Awareness of Dying, using a highly original theory of awareness, examines the dying patient and those about him in social interaction, it gives us a language and tools of analysis for understanding who knows what about dying, under what circumstances, and what difference it makes. The authors use their finely detailed observations to develop theoretical constructs that will be of use in many other interactions and situations. Awareness of Dying was the first study of dying in hospitals, and has proven a useful handbook for chaplains, social workers, nurses, and doctors in confronting the many ethical and personal problems that arise in the dying situation. Now available in paperback, it is destined to reach new audiences interested in this key part of all life.

Awareness of Dying

Self-Help

Glaser, Barney G.

Death & Grief

Aldine de Gruyter

The French writer Arnold van Gennep first called attention to the phenomena of status passages in his Rites of Passage one hundred years ago. In Status Passage, first published in 1971, the movement of individuals and groups in contemporary society from one status to another is examined in the light of Gennep's original theory. Glaser and Strauss demonstrate that society emerges as a comparative order. In this order, every organized action, collective or individual, can be seen as a form of status passage.From one status to another-from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, from being single to being married, movement from one income group, social class or religion to another-there are passages that entail movement into different parts of a social structure and loss or gain in privileges. Types of status passage are described by their proper ties. The authors present a formal theory of status passage in the form of a running theoretical discussion.The concepts and categories discussed in Status Passage are illuminated by a large number of examples chosen from a wide range of human behavior, and the applicability of the theory to still other examples is made apparent. The result is a stimulating and provocative book that will interest a wide range of sociologists, social psychologists, and other social scientists, and will be useful in a variety of courses.

Status passage,

Medical Books

Psychology

Aldine¨Atherton

Strauss, Anselm L.

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research (Observations)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Subtitled: Advances in the Methodology of Grounded Theory.

Theoretical Sensitivity

Sociology Pr

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The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research

Children's Books

Religions

de Gruyter

Should patients be told they are dying? How do families react when one of their members is facing death? Who should reveal that death is imminent? How does hospital staff-doctors, nurses, and attendants-act toward the dying patient and his family?

Dr. Glaser published this book as a clear and cogent correction of the many misleading ideas in Basics of Qualitative Research, by Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin (1990) Sage Publications. Its corrected view of the underlying logic of grounded theory will enable researchers to get on with their research and keep up their productivity.

Basics of Grounded Theory Analysis: Emergence Vs. Forcing

Sociology

In this book, Dr. Glaser advances the methodological principles of classic grounded theory as first set forth in Discovery and focuses specifically on the importance of skill development in theoretical sensitivity for developing grounded theory.

Theoretical Sensitivity: Advances in the Methodology of Grounded Theory

The Sociology Press

Book by Glaser, Barney G., Crabtree, David J.

Second Deeds of Trust: How to Make Money Safely

Business & Money

Crabtree, David J.

Economics

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