Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City

Dancing with Broken Bones: Poverty, Race, and Spirit-filled Dying in the Inner City
ISBN-10
0199760136
ISBN-13
9780199760138
Category
Medical
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2012-04-19
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
David Wendell Moller

Description

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. He demonstrates how a complex array of factors, such as mistrust of physicians, regrettable indignities in care, and inadequate communication among providers, patients, and families, shape the experience of the dying poor in the inner city. This book challenges readers to look at reality in a different way. Demystifying stereotypes that surround poverty, Moller illuminates how faith, remarkable optimism, and an unassailable spirit provide strength and courage to the dying poor. Dancing with Broken Bones serves as a rallying call for compassionate individuals everywhere to understand and respond to the needs of the especially vulnerable, yet inspiring, people who comprise the world of the inner city dying poor.

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