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18214069

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The "moment of death," once a dominant concept in preparing for a "good death", has been eclipsed by a focus on the wider concept of the "dying trajectory". However, findings from interviews with 25 bereaved individuals suggest that dying loved ones' final moments may still be experienced as highly significant in their own right. In some accounts the dying individual's final moments did not feature or made little impression, either because the survivor was not present, or there was no obviously definable moment, or because other, usually medical factors, such as whether to resuscitate the person, took precedence. However, in six cases such moments were constructed as profound, special, and memorable occasions. These constructions are explored in relation to achieving a good death, the dying trajectory as a whole, and making sense of the bereavement experience. Their implications for sociological theories of identity and embodiment are also considered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0030-2228
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The "moment of death".
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Socail and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, United Kingdom, UK. C.A.Valentine@bath.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article